From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:57787 "EHLO out1-smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751346AbdHaOIr (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Aug 2017 10:08:47 -0400 Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 16:08:51 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Valentin Vidic Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, Michael Lass Subject: Re: Xen: decreasing cpu steal clock counter Message-ID: <20170831140851.GA5242@kroah.com> References: <20170831104451.e3ykmf66zbedg6iw@gavran.carpriv.carnet.hr> <20170831133709.GD22739@kroah.com> <20170831135139.udxgnxuhvvrjksjd@gavran.carpriv.carnet.hr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170831135139.udxgnxuhvvrjksjd@gavran.carpriv.carnet.hr> Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 03:51:39PM +0200, Valentin Vidic wrote: > On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 03:37:09PM +0200, Greg KH wrote: > > What patch? > > Attaching the patch from this link: > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?att=1;bug=871608;filename=handle-decreasing-steal-clock.patch;msg=5 I can't do anything with non-upstream patches for stable kernels. You have read https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html right? > > What is the git commit id of the aptch in Linus's tree that resolves > > this issue? > > The issue was fixed later in 4.11, but this might be a bigger change > so not sure if you want to take that: > > 2b1f967d80e8e5d7361f0e1654c842869570f573 > sched/cputime: Complete nsec conversion of tick based accounting I always would rather take the original change that is in Linus's tree, as 99% of the time we take something different, it ends up being wrong. But I kind of doubt the above git commit id is the right one to take :( I need some feedback from the Xen maintainers before I can do anything else. thanks, greg k-h