From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga11.intel.com ([192.55.52.93]:7328 "EHLO mga11.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727124AbeIQWKv (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Sep 2018 18:10:51 -0400 Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 09:42:42 -0700 From: Andi Kleen To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Cc: namit@vmware.com, dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, jpoimboe@redhat.com, luto@kernel.org, mhocko@suse.com, peterz@infradead.org, sean.j.christopherson@intel.com, tglx@linutronix.de, vbabka@suse.cz, stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] x86/mm: Use WRITE_ONCE() when setting PTEs" failed to apply to 4.18-stable tree Message-ID: <20180917164242.GA6876@tassilo.jf.intel.com> References: <15371017361341@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <15371017361341@kroah.com> Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sun, Sep 16, 2018 at 02:42:16PM +0200, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote: > > The patch below does not apply to the 4.18-stable tree. > If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm > tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit > id to . I don't think the patch is really needed for stable because it's mainly a theoretical issue (unless it's needed as a dependency for some later patch) -Andi