Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Zhang, Ning A" <> | | Subject | RE: backport Rewrite sync_core() to use IRET-to-self to stable kernels? | | Date | Wed, 24 Jan 2018 08:19:44 +0000 |
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Thanks Greg, Andy
How about c198b121b1a1d7a7171770c634cd49191bac4477? Will both patches go to stable kernel?
BR. Ning.
-----Original Message----- From: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org [mailto:gregkh@linuxfoundation.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2018 3:26 PM To: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> Cc: Zhang, Ning A <ning.a.zhang@intel.com>; tglx@linutronix.de; stable@vger.kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: backport Rewrite sync_core() to use IRET-to-self to stable kernels?
On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 07:06:29PM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 6:59 PM, Zhang, Ning A <ning.a.zhang@intel.com> wrote: > > hello, Greg, Andy, Thomas > > > > would you like to backport these two patches to LTS kernel? > > > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable. > > git/commit/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h?h=v4.14.14&id=1c52d859cb > > 2d417e7216d3e56bb7fea88444cec9 > > > > x86/asm/32: Make sync_core() handle missing CPUID on all 32-bit > > kernels > > > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable. > > git/commit/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h?h=v4.14.14&id=c198b121b1 > > a1d7a7171770c634cd49191bac4477 > > > > x86/asm: Rewrite sync_core() to use IRET-to-self > > > > I'd be in favor of backporting > 1c52d859cb2d417e7216d3e56bb7fea88444cec9. I see no compelling reason > to backport the other one, since it doesn't fix a bug. Greg, can you > do this?
I'll work on this after this round of stable kernels are released.
thanks,
greg k-h
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