From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965734AbaH1KvN (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Aug 2014 06:51:13 -0400 Received: from mail-oi0-f47.google.com ([209.85.218.47]:38090 "EHLO mail-oi0-f47.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S934503AbaH1KvL (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Aug 2014 06:51:11 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <53FF0765.3050509@intel.com> References: <1409068061-10855-1-git-send-email-ricardo.ribalda@gmail.com> <53FDEA48.9030301@intel.com> <53FDF8D9.60103@intel.com> <53FF0765.3050509@intel.com> From: Ricardo Ribalda Delgado Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 12:50:47 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] xhci-ring: Fix Null pointer dereference To: Mathias Nyman Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , Linux USB Mailing List , LKML Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 12:41 PM, Mathias Nyman wrote: > On 08/27/2014 07:10 PM, Ricardo Ribalda Delgado wrote: >> Perhaps we could apply both patches to current tree and backport mine >> to older kernels? >> > > The already applied patch fixes many other issues than just this one. > backporting it to stable < 3.13 turned out to not be that difficult, stable maintainers > said they can do it themselves. then I agree, there is absolutely no need for my patch :). I have a broken gadget driver that was very good at triggering the bug, I will try it out with your patch. Thanks! > > Stable kernels prefer patches that are already upstream, as Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt states: > "- It or an equivalent fix must already exist in Linus' tree (upstream)." > > There is no need for the other patch anymore, not upstream nor to stable > > -Mathias > -- Ricardo Ribalda