How to get a missing patch backported into the 4.15 kernel?

[Kleber Souza]

On 25.05.22 18:14, Robert Schlabbach wrote:
> Hello Kleber,
> I've seen your name and e-mail on some maintenance commits to the ubuntu-bionic 4.15 kernel, so I hope you're the right contact for this:
> Ever since this commit was backported to the 4.15 kernel:
> https://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/ubuntu/ubuntu-bionic.git/commit/kernel/module.c?h=Ubuntu-4.15.0-177.186&id=3879f4364139acb2bd3932e6a15994f109c49d6b
> Me and a number of other users have been experiencing hangs/freezes when booting the kernel, as reported here:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1973167
> For my case, I could resolve it by applying this change to the intel-lpss module:
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/drivers/mfd/intel-lpss.c?id=569fac74627cc332a2097a7a4bfdc654b8e7f273
> which has _not_ been backported to the 4.15 kernel yet.
> What is the procedure to get this backport into the 4.15 kernel ASAP, please?
> Best Regards,
> -Robert Schlabbach

Hello Robert,

Thank you for reporting and investigating the issue.

I am forwarding your comments to our Kernel Team mailing-list so the team can work on it.


Kleber
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