Re: [PATCH 5.8 000/118] 5.8.11-rc1 review

Geert Uytterhoeven
2020-09-21T18:44:42Z

Hi Greg,

On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 6:47 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 5.8.11 release.
> There are 118 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> to this one. If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> let me know.
>
> Responses should be made by Wed, 23 Sep 2020 16:20:12 +0000.
> Anything received after that time might be too late.

> Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
> dax: Fix compilation for CONFIG_DAX && !CONFIG_FS_DAX
>
> Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
> dm: Call proper helper to determine dax support

Perhaps it would be wise to hold-off a bit on backporting these, until
they have received more testing?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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