Re: [PATCH 4.12 26/84] x86/xen/efi: Initialize only the EFI struct members used by Xen

[Daniel Kiper]

On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 01:19:58PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 01:12:14PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 12:37:47PM +0200, Daniel Kiper wrote:
> > > Hey Greg,
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 11:43:32AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > > 4.12-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> > >
> > > Why did you skip this patch for 4.11? IMO it should be applied there too.
> >
> > Are you sure it actually applied?  (hint, it did not...)
> >
> > If you want it in 4.11, or older kernels, please provide a working
> > backport.
>
> And, in the future, if you want it to be applied to older kernels, or be
> notified if it can not be, please add a kernel version number in the
> stable marking:
> 	Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 4.0+
> or use the Fixes: tag:
> 	Fixes: SHASHAHSA ("short description")
> which I pick up on and let you know if the patch does not actually apply
> back to the kernel that the fixes: tag was in.
>
> hope this helps,

Sure thing! Thanks a lot!

Daniel