From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80441C7618F for ; Wed, 24 Jul 2019 12:06:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 590DD206BF for ; Wed, 24 Jul 2019 12:06:32 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1563969992; bh=UrvBfSFfdgX3XtYSua8OOkBjNQwRSpuzD+1Mmojd5GM=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=RldR1cKAXIsoMZ47zGwNlajGDzzr141O1t3QC0py33oDwisEHxPGoXyXyrkTwpLyF gonMK5ECfhuP8c4jxDbo4Fe1v4J682DDcm7F30TipoGIK4BUF8AI5KMHoNq3Os5bSA v744RcKsWA1NI55Y1n2/YHQJNifcVQeDFuXEqpik= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727833AbfGXMGa (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Jul 2019 08:06:30 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:43444 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726256AbfGXMGa (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Jul 2019 08:06:30 -0400 Received: from localhost (83-86-89-107.cable.dynamic.v4.ziggo.nl [83.86.89.107]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4E37D229ED; Wed, 24 Jul 2019 12:06:29 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1563969989; bh=UrvBfSFfdgX3XtYSua8OOkBjNQwRSpuzD+1Mmojd5GM=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=dy78UkwRpkS7MDo15BwOg/eN8jsHFFWN4nYUzTF/2XKuc7vZ95uysiOASHMgI6opa Vi2+wcTPo8Omx91MynCb5WAQPkkT3edY371PhAOMzYT9DX4vjZHG+j/Sft3U1YEUiE lVSP2UpQ6JKZuKddHdK2mMnvXyh1eTCk/2GwTiiw= Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 14:06:27 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Ajay Kaher Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org, aarcange@redhat.com, hughd@google.com, dave.hansen@intel.com, mgorman@suse.de, riel@redhat.com, mhocko@suse.cz, jannh@google.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, srivatsab@vmware.com, srivatsa@csail.mit.edu, amakhalov@vmware.com, srinidhir@vmware.com, bvikas@vmware.com, srostedt@vmware.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] Backported fixes for 4.4 stable tree Message-ID: <20190724120627.GF3244@kroah.com> References: <1563880111-19058-1-git-send-email-akaher@vmware.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1563880111-19058-1-git-send-email-akaher@vmware.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.12.1 (2019-06-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 04:38:23PM +0530, Ajay Kaher wrote: > These patches include few backported fixes for the 4.4 stable > tree. > I would appreciate if you could kindly consider including them in the > next release. Why are these needed? From what I remember, the last patch here is only needed for machines that are "HUGE" and for those, you shouldn't be using 4.4.y anymore anyway, right? You just end up saving so much more speed and energy using a newer kernel, why would you want to waste it using an older one? So I need a really good reason why to accept these :) thanks, greg k-h