From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756974Ab3BAQe5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Feb 2013 11:34:57 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.19.201]:51337 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756115Ab3BAQew (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Feb 2013 11:34:52 -0500 Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 17:36:52 +0100 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Feng Gao Cc: linux-kernel , stable , Pablo Neira Ayuso Subject: Re: [ 82/89] netfilter: xt_hashlimit: fix race that results in duplicated entries Message-ID: <20130201163652.GA17359@kroah.com> References: <20130201130207.444989281@linuxfoundation.org> <20130201130213.388508268@linuxfoundation.org> <20130201153217.GA27799@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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