Please find link to patch holding changes that you suggested: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/sn1pr0701mb1951b994f86160a24c436f30cc...@sn1pr0701mb1951.namprd07.prod.outlook.com
Here is alternative link to mentioned patch. https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/707720/ I think that there is a delay on some mailing lists (marc.info and mail-archive.com). Latest messages I found there are from December 16th 2016. Regards, Bartosz Folta