Re: [stable] [PATCH 0/2] HID: hidraw, fix two NULL pointerdereferences

[Jiri Kosina]

On Tue, 5 Oct 2010, Antonio Ospite wrote:

> > > here are some fixes to hidraw.
> > > 
> > > Patches are against 2.6.36-rc6, but they should be ported to other
> > > maintained stable kernels as well.
> > > 
> [...]
> > > 
> > > The first one has been sent already but I am resending it with
> > > stable@stable@kernel.org in the recipients list.
> > 
> > Please read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt which shows you how to
> > properly notify the stable developer to pick up the patch (hint, cc:ing
> > them on the patch is not the correct way, you need to add the mark to
> > the signed-off-by: area.)
> > 
> 
> I see now, thanks Greg.
> 
> Jiri, are you adding the Cc: mark to these when you apply them? I
> misunderstood your previous statement about that and thought CCing like
> in recipients was enough.
> 
> There is one thing which is not 100% clear to me from the doc (my
> fault): are patches targeted to -stable to be sent _twice_? Once for
> linus master branch (this is what "upstream" means in that context,
> isn't it?) and once for -stable with the commit ID of the former? Is
> the Cc mark meant just to automate this very process? It seemed to me
> that items 1 and 2 of the "Procedure" in
> Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt are alternative each other.

Either you have to send it twice, or you can ad 'Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx' to 
the patch meta-information, and it will be picked up for stable 
automatically once it lands in Linus' tree.

I have added the 'Cc:' markings now and applied both patches, thanks.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs, Novell Inc.
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