STABLE: please pick e4b3448b and f596c884 (nvdimm issues)

STABLE: please pick e4b3448b and f596c884 (nvdimm issues)

[Adam Borowski]

Hi Greg!
It seems that somehow two patches apparently dropped through the cracks;
could you please pick them?  If you merely stashed them for later then sorry
for noise.

Both are for 4.20 (EOL) and 5.0 only.

e4b3448b    dax: Flush partial PMDs correctly
f596c884    nfit: Fix nfit_intel_shutdown_status() command submission

The first is a regression -- a crasher that triggers often during regular
use.  The second never worked right, but is relied upon by released software
that would prefer to be notified that the data needs recovery.


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Re: STABLE: please pick e4b3448b and f596c884 (nvdimm issues)

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 04:54:39PM +0100, Adam Borowski wrote:
> Hi Greg!
> It seems that somehow two patches apparently dropped through the cracks;
> could you please pick them?  If you merely stashed them for later then sorry
> for noise.

They are still "stashed" for later kernels, along with over 250 patches
still marked for stable inclusion.  I'll get to them all over the next
weeks or so.

> Both are for 4.20 (EOL) and 5.0 only.

4.20 is now EOL after this release, no need for anyone to be using that
kernel anymore :)

> e4b3448b    dax: Flush partial PMDs correctly
> f596c884    nfit: Fix nfit_intel_shutdown_status() command submission
> 
> The first is a regression -- a crasher that triggers often during regular
> use.  The second never worked right, but is relied upon by released software
> that would prefer to be notified that the data needs recovery.

Looks good, they will get merged soon.

thanks,

greg k-h

Re: STABLE: please pick e4b3448b and f596c884 (nvdimm issues)

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 05:03:21PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 04:54:39PM +0100, Adam Borowski wrote:
> > Hi Greg!
> > It seems that somehow two patches apparently dropped through the cracks;
> > could you please pick them?  If you merely stashed them for later then sorry
> > for noise.
> 
> They are still "stashed" for later kernels, along with over 250 patches
> still marked for stable inclusion.  I'll get to them all over the next
> weeks or so.
> 
> > Both are for 4.20 (EOL) and 5.0 only.
> 
> 4.20 is now EOL after this release, no need for anyone to be using that
> kernel anymore :)
> 
> > e4b3448b    dax: Flush partial PMDs correctly
> > f596c884    nfit: Fix nfit_intel_shutdown_status() command submission
> > 
> > The first is a regression -- a crasher that triggers often during regular
> > use.  The second never worked right, but is relied upon by released software
> > that would prefer to be notified that the data needs recovery.
> 
> Looks good, they will get merged soon.

All now queued up, thanks.

greg k-h