From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.6 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6665C282C0 for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2019 08:02:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AF6B2183F for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2019 08:02:59 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1548230579; bh=rVZoSzQ1LkCvXItK0q2V2gE0g6jUC3/g9mPMZRZy8Hg=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=ku6OaPgbDJ+R6fw60W6JhA9T3YvMWf3sRxyaGFoOyaRfucRGNYcamQpCPMsWxY6Zz hF2w3ROjA0ykitTajsr4ruqkZOm1MjCJx0YWcmOhKVoabTc/3kVTPmrCRj+7tqNkrh dUHgq7uKZ3tOS0a6eWCo5f7DctERV76+Ed/seeJQ= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726029AbfAWIC6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jan 2019 03:02:58 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:55244 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725973AbfAWIC6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jan 2019 03:02:58 -0500 Received: from localhost (5356596B.cm-6-7b.dynamic.ziggo.nl [83.86.89.107]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BB4EE21019; Wed, 23 Jan 2019 08:02:57 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1548230578; bh=rVZoSzQ1LkCvXItK0q2V2gE0g6jUC3/g9mPMZRZy8Hg=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=bmbcfSXTBto19aOUbpPzlo/C2RY6YeCMsXLVYNHPTC6WVLFFugb5juz1unLjT103p /IAdWaz+BwwjiyqVh06cjt1LxA4eDBmanzPkUPsPssVHb3vcgn6qer+9OG4X+fkZ6y PojuE3EHwtyfENGN61BhDUKLZLBbYw38gUcrjkZk= Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 09:02:55 +0100 From: Greg KH To: Ajay Kaher Cc: kys@microsoft.com, haiyangz@microsoft.com, jloeser@microsoft.com, sthemmin@microsoft.com, sashal@kernel.org, mikelley@microsoft.com, decui@microsoft.com, stable@vger.kernel.org, srivatsab@vmware.com, amakhalov@vmware.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] PCI: hv: Use vPCI protocol version 1.2 for v4.9 Message-ID: <20190123080255.GD7597@kroah.com> References: <1548257912-18273-1-git-send-email-akaher@vmware.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1548257912-18273-1-git-send-email-akaher@vmware.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.11.2 (2019-01-07) Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 09:08:29PM +0530, Ajay Kaher wrote: > For now, please consider these patches for review and > suggest if these can be merged to mainline kernel v4.9. Why do you care about 4.9.y? Shouldn't all of your systems be moved on to 4.14.y or better yet, 4.19.y, at this point in time? 4.9.y is _really_ old and obsolete and on the very cusp of "never run as a general-purpose system" functionality, if it's not already there. What is preventing you from upgrading the kernel on your systems to something more modern and secure? thanks, greg k-h