From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:35608 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728007AbeIQXqP (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Sep 2018 19:46:15 -0400 Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 20:16:44 +0200 From: "gregkh@linuxfoundation.org" To: Nadav Amit Cc: Andi Kleen , "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: <20180917181644.GA3201@kroah.com> References: <15371017361341@kroah.com> <20180917164242.GA6876@tassilo.jf.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 04:56:11PM +0000, Nadav Amit wrote: > at 9:42 AM, Andi Kleen wrote: > > > 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) > > Perfectly fine with me. Greg, let me know if you still want me to send a > patch for old stable trees. > If it's not good enough for 4.18.y, then no need for any older kernel, thanks. greg k-h