Re: [stable] [PATCH 0/2] HID: hidraw, fix two NULL pointerdereferences

[Antonio Ospite]

On Tue, 5 Oct 2010 10:42:00 -0700
Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 05:20:15PM +0200, Antonio Ospite wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > here are some fixes to hidraw.
> > 
> > Patches are against 2.6.36-rc6, but they should be ported to other
> > maintained stable kernels as well.
> > 
[...]
> > 
> > The first one has been sent already but I am resending it with
> > stable@stable@kernel.org in the recipients list.
> 
> Please read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt which shows you how to
> properly notify the stable developer to pick up the patch (hint, cc:ing
> them on the patch is not the correct way, you need to add the mark to
> the signed-off-by: area.)
> 

I see now, thanks Greg.

Jiri, are you adding the Cc: mark to these when you apply them? I
misunderstood your previous statement about that and thought CCing like
in recipients was enough.

There is one thing which is not 100% clear to me from the doc (my
fault): are patches targeted to -stable to be sent _twice_? Once for
linus master branch (this is what "upstream" means in that context,
isn't it?) and once for -stable with the commit ID of the former? Is
the Cc mark meant just to automate this very process? It seemed to me
that items 1 and 2 of the "Procedure" in
Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt are alternative each other.

Thanks,
   Antonio

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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
   See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
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