Re: [RFC v2] x86: Select HARDIRQS_SW_RESEND on x86

Hans de Goede
2020-03-12T12:06:14Z

Hi,

On 3/11/20 11:09 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> writes:
>> On 3/11/20 10:31 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>>> Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> writes:
>>>>> I just need to stare at the legacy PIC and the virt stuff.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Also maybe we should add a Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org ??? This seems like
>>>>>> somewhat a big change for that but it does solve some real issues...
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes. Let me stare at the couple of weird irqchips which might get
>>>>> surprised. I'll teach them not to do that :)
>>>>
>>>> I know that you are very busy, still I'm wondering is there any progress
>>>> on this ?
>>>
>>> Bah. That fell through the cracks, but actually I looked at this due to
>>> the PCI-E AER wreckage. So yes, this is fine, but we want:
>>>
>>> https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200306130623.590923677@linutronix.de
>>> https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200306130623.684591280@linutronix.de
>>>
>>> if we want to backport this to stable.
>>
>> So far I have seen a few, but not a lot of devices which need this, so
>> I'm not 100% sure what to do here.
>>
>> Do you consider this change safe / suitable for stable if those 2 patches
>> are backported and applied first?
>
> I think so. The two patches are on my list for backports anyway, but I
> wanted to give them some time to simmer.

OK, I'll submit this patch for stable then once your backports have landed.

Regards,

Hans