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Date:   Thu, 1 Aug 2019 18:57:05 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Ajay Kaher <akaher@vmware.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] Backported fixes for 4.4 stable tree
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On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 02:06:27PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 04:38:23PM +0530, Ajay Kaher wrote:
> > These patches include few backported fixes for the 4.4 stable
> > tree.
> > I would appreciate if you could kindly consider including them in the
> > next release.
> 
> Why are these needed?  From what I remember, the last patch here is only
> needed for machines that are "HUGE" and for those, you shouldn't be
> using 4.4.y anymore anyway, right?  You just end up saving so much more
> speed and energy using a newer kernel, why would you want to waste it
> using an older one?
> 
> So I need a really good reason why to accept these :)

It's been a week, so I'm dropping this from my queue now.  Please resend
with this information if you still want these in the tree.

thanks,

greg k-h