Re: [PATCH v2] ACPI / EC: Clear stale EC events on Samsung systems

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Thu Mar 06 2014 - 07:17:21 EST


On Thursday, March 06, 2014 11:54:28 AM Kieran Clancy wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 11:22 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Thursday, March 06, 2014 11:04:14 AM Kieran Clancy wrote:
> >>
> >> Rafael, is it a separate process to get this in the stable tree or
> >> will it naturally happen after being merged into the mainline?
> >
> > I need to add a proper "CC stable" tag to your patch for this to happen.
> >
> > Which -stable kernels should it go to?
>
> 3.2 and 3.10 seem like natural choices (3.4?), but I don't know the
> norm for this kind of fix. Would there be any reason not to include it
> in some particular stable kernels?

In some cases patches are not needed in older -stable, because the
changes are not relevant there etc.

OK, I'll mark if for all applicable -stable series.

Thanks!

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Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.
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