From: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
To: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Cc: Hans Rosenfeld <hans.rosenfeld@amd.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org,
akpm@linux-foundation.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@linux.intel.com>,
torvalds@linux-foundation.org, stable-review@kernel.org,
alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
Subject: Re: [Stable-review] [12/28] x86, cpu: Clean up AMD erratum 400 workaround
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 20:11:05 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110420031105.GA11945@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1303265862.3464.77.camel@localhost>
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 03:17:42AM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-04-19 at 19:01 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 02:40:53AM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2011-04-19 at 13:30 -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > > > 2.6.32-longterm review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
> > > >
> > > > ------------------
> > > >
> > > > From: Hans Rosenfeld <hans.rosenfeld@amd.com>
> > > >
> > > > commit 9d8888c2a214aece2494a49e699a097c2ba9498b upstream.
> > > >
> > > > Remove check_c1e_idle() and use the new AMD errata checking framework
> > > > instead.
> > >
> > > Clean-up patches are generally not candidates for longterm updates.
> >
> > This was added because a follow-on patch required it.
>
> Ah yes, 'x86, AMD: Set ARAT feature on AMD processors' is using the same
> condition.
>
> Of course, that could have been backported by referring to the function
> that this removes, rather than pulling in a load of other changes with
> consequent risk of regressions.
I prefer to take original patches for stable, it makes it easier in the
end.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-04-20 4:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-04-19 20:41 [00/28] 2.6.32.39-longterm review Greg KH
2011-04-19 20:30 ` [01/28] cifs: always do is_path_accessible check in cifs_mount Greg KH
2011-04-19 20:30 ` [02/28] [media] video: sn9c102: world-wirtable sysfs files Greg KH
2011-04-19 20:30 ` [03/28] UBIFS: restrict world-writable debugfs files Greg KH
2011-04-19 20:30 ` [04/28] NET: cdc-phonet, handle empty phonet header Greg KH
2011-04-19 20:30 ` [05/28] x86: Fix a bogus unwind annotation in lib/semaphore_32.S Greg KH
2011-04-19 20:30 ` [06/28] [IA64] tioca: Fix assignment from incompatible pointer warnings Greg KH
2011-04-19 20:30 ` [07/28] [IA64] mca.c: Fix cast from integer to pointer warning Greg KH
2011-04-19 20:30 ` [08/28] ramfs: fix memleak on no-mmu arch Greg KH
2011-04-19 20:30 ` [09/28] MAINTAINERS: update STABLE BRANCH info Greg KH
2011-04-19 20:30 ` [10/28] UBIFS: fix oops when R/O file-system is fsynced Greg KH
2011-04-19 20:30 ` [11/28] x86, cpu: AMD errata checking framework Greg KH
2011-04-19 20:30 ` [12/28] x86, cpu: Clean up AMD erratum 400 workaround Greg KH
2011-04-20 1:40 ` [Stable-review] " Ben Hutchings
2011-04-20 2:01 ` Greg KH
2011-04-20 2:17 ` Ben Hutchings
2011-04-20 3:11 ` Greg KH [this message]
2011-04-20 4:48 ` Ben Hutchings
2011-04-20 5:06 ` Greg KH
2011-04-20 5:47 ` Willy Tarreau
2011-04-21 3:29 ` Ben Hutchings
2011-05-05 22:53 ` Greg KH
2011-05-06 7:41 ` Borislav Petkov
2011-05-10 12:58 ` Ben Hutchings
2011-05-10 14:02 ` Borislav Petkov
2011-05-10 15:13 ` Greg KH
2011-05-10 15:38 ` Borislav Petkov
2011-05-10 3:05 ` Ben Hutchings
2011-04-19 20:30 ` [13/28] x86, AMD: Set ARAT feature on AMD processors Greg KH
2011-04-19 20:30 ` [14/28] x86, amd: Disable GartTlbWlkErr when BIOS forgets it Greg KH
2011-04-19 20:30 ` [15/28] USB: ftdi_sio: Added IDs for CTI USB Serial Devices Greg KH
2011-04-19 20:30 ` [16/28] USB: ftdi_sio: add PID for OCT DK201 docking station Greg KH
2011-04-19 20:30 ` [17/28] USB: ftdi_sio: add ids for Hameg HO720 and HO730 Greg KH
2011-04-19 20:30 ` [18/28] USB: option: Add new ONDA vendor id and product id for ONDA MT825UP Greg KH
2011-04-19 20:30 ` [19/28] USB: option: Added support for Samsung GT-B3730/GT-B3710 LTE USB modem Greg KH
2011-04-19 20:30 ` [20/28] next_pidmap: fix overflow condition Greg KH
2011-04-19 20:30 ` [21/28] proc: do proper range check on readdir offset Greg KH
2011-04-19 20:31 ` [22/28] USB: EHCI: unlink unused QHs when the controller is stopped Greg KH
2011-04-19 20:31 ` [23/28] USB: fix formatting of SuperSpeed endpoints in /proc/bus/usb/devices Greg KH
2011-04-19 20:31 ` [24/28] USB: xhci - fix unsafe macro definitions Greg KH
2011-04-20 2:02 ` [Stable-review] " Ben Hutchings
2011-04-20 5:39 ` Willy Tarreau
2011-04-20 12:34 ` Ben Hutchings
2011-04-20 17:32 ` Sarah Sharp
2011-04-20 18:16 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2011-04-19 20:31 ` [25/28] USB: xhci - fix math in xhci_get_endpoint_interval() Greg KH
2011-04-19 20:31 ` [26/28] x86, cpu: Fix regression in AMD errata checking code Greg KH
2011-04-19 20:31 ` [27/28] net: ax25: fix information leak to userland harder Greg KH
2011-04-19 20:31 ` [28/28] net: fix rds_iovec page count overflow Greg KH
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