Re: [ 82/89] netfilter: xt_hashlimit: fix race that results induplicated entries

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri Feb 01 2013 - 11:35:09 EST


On Sat, Feb 02, 2013 at 12:19:40AM +0800, Feng Gao wrote:
> Hi Greg,
>
> Yes. It is same.
> But I am sorry that I could not get you about "it needs to be changed in
> Linus's tree first before i can do anything in the stable kernels".
>
> Do you mean the patch need be commited to Linux tree firstly, then I commit the
> request again?

Yes, please read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt for how it all
works.

> By the way, the attachment is the diff file which is similar with the one i
> sent before.
> What's your opnion about it? It is not generated by git. If need, i will
> generate new one later.

I can't accept any patches for stable kernels that are not already in
Linus's tree first, sorry.

thanks,

greg k-h
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