Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:30:42 +0200 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/3] splice fixes |
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On 08/07/10 19.25, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:38:22 +0200 Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> wrote: > >>>> However this: >>>> >>>> commit 4f9078afb4e083e033aafbbfabe729cb3832aa42 >>>> Author: Changli Gao <xiaosuo@gmail.com> >>>> Date: Tue Jun 29 13:09:18 2010 +0200 >>>> >>>> splice: direct_splice_actor() should not use pos in sd >>>> >>>> went into mainline without a cc:stable tag. >>> >>> I will send an email to stable@. >> >> BTW, it's not in mainline yet. I know I forgot to mark it as stable, >> but I can't tell them to include it before it's in mainline. > > You could redo the changelog then. But stable@kernel.org is cc'ed on > these emails and they're splendid chaps ;)
But then the Linus monster ends up shouting at me, so I'll rather take a little stable abuse :-)
What I've done in the past is just send stable@ a list of commits once they are upstream. Less work for them. Best is remembering the stable CC in the commit, but...
-- Jens Axboe
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