linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] firmware_loader: use kernel credentials when reading firmware

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Date:   Fri, 29 Apr 2022 08:33:46 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Thiébaud Weksteen <tweek@...gle.com>
Cc:     John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>,
        Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Qian Cai <quic_qiancai@...cinc.com>,
        Jeffrey Vander Stoep <jeffv@...gle.com>,
        Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>,
        Alistair Delva <adelva@...gle.com>,
        Adam Shih <adamshih@...gle.com>,
        SElinux list <selinux@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] firmware_loader: use kernel credentials when reading
 firmware

On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 02:54:24PM +1000, Thiébaud Weksteen wrote:
> > As stated before, should this go to stable kernels?  If so, how far
> > back?
> 
> Yes, it should go to stable kernels. It should apply cleanly on 5.10.
> Ideally, up to 4.19 but it will require a fixup. I can send a
> backported patch for 5.4 and 4.19 branches once it lands in the main
> tree.

Great, can you resend it with a cc: stable tag added to it?

> > And you forgot to cc: John?
> 
> Done

On the patch itself?  Or just this email?

confused,

greg k-h