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Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2017 13:19:58 +0200
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@oracle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.12 26/84] x86/xen/efi: Initialize only the EFI struct
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On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 01:12:14PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 12:37:47PM +0200, Daniel Kiper wrote:
> > Hey Greg,
> > 
> > On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 11:43:32AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > 4.12-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> > 
> > Why did you skip this patch for 4.11? IMO it should be applied there too.
> 
> Are you sure it actually applied?  (hint, it did not...)
> 
> If you want it in 4.11, or older kernels, please provide a working
> backport.

And, in the future, if you want it to be applied to older kernels, or be
notified if it can not be, please add a kernel version number in the
stable marking:
	Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 4.0+
or use the Fixes: tag:
	Fixes: SHASHAHSA ("short description")
which I pick up on and let you know if the patch does not actually apply
back to the kernel that the fixes: tag was in.

hope this helps,

greg k-h