Re: Code freeze for 4.22 started on May 11, 2026

[Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>]

On 11/05/2026 2:45 pm, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 11.05.2026 15:34, Oleksii Kurochko wrote:
>> On 5/11/26 11:41 AM, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>> On 11.05.2026 11:35, Oleksii Kurochko wrote:
>>>> I would like to inform you that Code freeze period is started and will
>>>> be until Fri Jun 05, 2026 (+4 weeks from Feature freeze).
>>>>
>>>> Bugfixes may continue to be accepted by maintainers without R-Ack.
>>> Gives me context to ask right away: "x86/mwait-idle: sync up with Linux
>>> 7.0-rc" has had a few small adjustments and hence would want re-posting.
>>> Question is: Does that even make sense at this point, i.e. would you
>>> give it a release-ack despite it not all being bug fixes?
>> I don't see any Fixes: tag in the mentioned patch series and also based 
>> on cover letter it doesn't really clear what this patch series is fixing.
>>
>> Could you please clarify?
> It is "fixing" us lagging behind the Linux driver that ours was cloned
> from. Plus the series was posted well in time.

This is updating/resyncing the mwait_idle driver with Linux.  It is
necessary for new CPUs.

~Andrew