From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: obayashi.yoshimasa@socionext.com
Cc: sumit.garg@linaro.org, hch@lst.de, m.szyprowski@samsung.com,
robin.murphy@arm.com, iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
daniel.thompson@linaro.org
Subject: Re: DMA direct mapping fix for 5.4 and earlier stable branches
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2021 11:39:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YCJmegLycZ5hnCUr@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ed485ad069af4d1481e3961db4a3e079@SOC-EX02V.e01.socionext.com>
On Tue, Feb 09, 2021 at 10:19:07AM +0000, obayashi.yoshimasa@socionext.com wrote:
> > How do you judge "mature"?
>
> My basic criteria are
> * Function is exist, but bug fix is necessary: "mature"
> * Function extension is necessary: "immature"
>
> > And again, if a feature isn't present in a specific kernel version, why would you think that it would be
> > a viable solution for you to use?
>
> So, "a feature isn't present in a specific kernel version",
> also means "immature" according to my criteria.
Great, please use the 5.10 or newer kernel release then.
thanks,
greg k-h
prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-02-09 10:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-02-09 6:09 DMA direct mapping fix for 5.4 and earlier stable branches Sumit Garg
2021-02-09 6:58 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-02-09 7:58 ` Sumit Garg
2021-02-09 8:04 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2021-02-09 9:05 ` obayashi.yoshimasa
2021-02-09 9:23 ` Greg KH
2021-02-09 9:36 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-02-09 12:36 ` Sumit Garg
2021-02-09 12:45 ` Robin Murphy
2021-02-09 15:50 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-02-09 10:19 ` obayashi.yoshimasa
2021-02-09 10:39 ` Greg KH [this message]
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