Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 9 Apr 2014 12:19:31 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH -stable] x86,preempt: Fix preemption for i386 |
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On Wed, Apr 09, 2014 at 07:36:23AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 7:24 AM, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote: > > > > I'm not entirely clear on how acceptable it is to propose a different > > patch for -stable than what we have upstream. > > It's not all that common, but it certainly happens. > > It's fine, as long as it mentions the commits that fix it upstream. > And as long as it's well tested, of course.
I agree, I can take this as long as you say it's correct and tested...
thanks,
greg k-h
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