Messages in this thread | | | From | Ricardo Ribalda Delgado <> | Date | Thu, 28 Aug 2014 12:50:47 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] xhci-ring: Fix Null pointer dereference |
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Hello
On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 12:41 PM, Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@intel.com> wrote: > On 08/27/2014 07:10 PM, Ricardo Ribalda Delgado wrote: >> Perhaps we could apply both patches to current tree and backport mine >> to older kernels? >> > > The already applied patch fixes many other issues than just this one. > backporting it to stable < 3.13 turned out to not be that difficult, stable maintainers > said they can do it themselves.
then I agree, there is absolutely no need for my patch :).
I have a broken gadget driver that was very good at triggering the bug, I will try it out with your patch.
Thanks!
> > Stable kernels prefer patches that are already upstream, as Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt states: > "- It or an equivalent fix must already exist in Linus' tree (upstream)." > > There is no need for the other patch anymore, not upstream nor to stable > > -Mathias >
-- Ricardo Ribalda
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