Re: [PATCH] mm/filemap: Adding missing mem_cgroup_uncharge() to __add_to_page_cache_locked()

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Mon Jan 25 2021 - 18:13:14 EST


On Mon, 25 Jan 2021 09:12:56 -0500 Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Yes, this patch should go to stable. I think the stable tree maintainers
> will automatically pick up patches with the "Fixes" tag. That is why I
> don't explicitly put a "cc:stable" line in the patch.

No. Both the Fixes: and the cc:stable are needed for the backport.
Because sometimes we fix things but don't consider the fix important
enough to risk the backport.