Re: [ 3.8.y.z extended stable ] Patch "memcg, kmem: fix referencecount handling on the error path" has been added to staging queue

[Kamal Mostafa]

On Tue, 2013-07-16 at 16:06 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Jul 2013 15:54:02 -0700 Kamal Mostafa <kamal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled
> > 
> >     memcg, kmem: fix reference count handling on the error path
> > 
> > to the linux-3.8.y-queue branch of the 3.8.y.z extended stable tree 
> > which can be found at:
> 
> hm, why.

Because it said "Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [3.8]", making me think
the author specifically wanted it to be applied to 3.8-stable.

>[...]
> Note to stable tree maintainers: I carefully evaluate every patch I
> handle to decide whether or not it should be backported.  Every single
> one.

Might you consider stripping off the "Cc: stable [3.8]" line when you
add your SOB, in such a case?

> Hence if you decide to backport a patch which I merged, you are
> overriding an earlier decision of mine.

I'm happy to defer to your judgment here.  I've dropped it from the
linux-3.8.y-queue.

> Now, I will freely admit that I may have made a mistake.  But please be
> aware that you are taking a path which I have already considered and
> rejected.  So a little extra care is warranted for akpm patches, please.

I'll try to watch out for them.

Thanks Andrew,

 -Kamal

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