On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 07:31:35PM +0100, Eddie Chapman wrote:

As per previous mail, below are the 4 patches discussed, generated with 
diff -up, from kernel.org 4.4.77, so with correct context for 4.4. Just 
in case they are useful for anyone.

<formletter>

This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree.  Please read:
    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
for how to do this properly.

</formletter>

Note, I can't do anything with patches until they are in Linus's tree.
Please work to get them accepted there, then we can worry about
backporting them to older kernels if they are needed.

thanks,

greg k-h