From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753568Ab1DTOeD (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:34:03 -0400 Received: from kroah.org ([198.145.64.141]:43679 "EHLO coco.kroah.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751611Ab1DTOeB (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:34:01 -0400 Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 07:34:08 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Richard Weinberger Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, Martin Walch , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, stable@kernel.org Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH 2/3] um: Add support for 64 bit atomic operations Message-ID: <20110420143408.GA22436@kroah.com> References: <1303299266-10219-1-git-send-email-richard@nod.at> <1303299266-10219-2-git-send-email-richard@nod.at> <20110420142702.GB22114@kroah.com> <201104201629.24099.richard@nod.at> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201104201629.24099.richard@nod.at> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 04:29:23PM +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote: > Am Mittwoch 20 April 2011, 16:27:02 schrieb Greg KH: > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 01:34:25PM +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote: > > > This adds support for 64 bit atomic operations on > > > 32 bit UML systems. > > > XFS needs them since 2.6.38. > > > > > > Reported-by: Martin Walch > > > Tested-by: Martin Walch > > > Cc: Martin Walch > > > Cc: # .38.x 084189a: um: disable CONFIG_CMPXCHG_LOCAL > > > > Why is this a stable patch? > > Because it fixes a build error in 2.6.38. > See: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32812 Then why not put that in the changelog entry in the first place? thanks, greg "please save me time" k-h