Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752349Ab3HTG1O (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Aug 2013 02:27:14 -0400 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:58885 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751926Ab3HTG1M (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Aug 2013 02:27:12 -0400 Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 23:29:01 -0700 From: greg Kroah-Hartman To: Vineet Gupta Cc: "stable@vger.kernel.org" , "noamc@ezchip.com" , Anton Kolesov , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ARC: gdbserver breakage in Big-Endian configuration #1 Message-ID: <20130820062901.GA3758@kroah.com> References: <1375969958-16454-1-git-send-email-vgupta@synopsys.com> <20130819145734.GA15353@kroah.com> <5212FCA8.9040204@synopsys.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5212FCA8.9040204@synopsys.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1885 Lines: 40 On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 10:50:40AM +0530, Vineet Gupta wrote: > Hi Greg, > > On 08/19/2013 08:27 PM, greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 09:08:49AM +0000, Vineet Gupta wrote: > >> Hi Greg, > >> > >> I'd posted these patches for stable backport. Do I need to do anything more to get them included. > >> > >> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/2841153/ [1/2] ARC: gdbserver breakage in Big-Endian configuration #1] > >> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/2841158/ [2/2] ARC: gdbserver breakage in Big-Endian configuration #2 > > > > I ignored them as I thought you were submitting them for upstream > > inclusion. If they are already in Linus's tree, then take a look at the > > file, Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt for how to send a patch for > > inclusion into a stable release (hint, I need to know the git commit id > > that the patch has in Linus's tree, which I didn't see anywhere here.) > > > I'm sure I mentioned the commit-id in the patch. Hint, please look at annotation > within --->8--- blocks in changelogs. You're right, I missed that, sorry. > The caveat however is we can't apply those exact commits as it is as that warrants > more changes to be pulled in. However I'm going by the last stable kernel rule "It > or an equivalent fix must already exist in Linus' tree (upstream)." > > Anyhow, since both these patches are extracted from same commit, I'll respin a > single patch (with a small addition - again part of the same commit) and send it > over. OK ! That would be great, thanks. greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/