On Tue, 2013-07-16 at 16:06 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Tue, 16 Jul 2013 15:54:02 -0700 Kamal Mostafa <ka...@canonical.com> 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: <sta...@vger.kernel.org> [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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