linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] x86 fixes for v3.15

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Date:	Sun, 8 Jun 2014 11:41:43 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>,
	"Elliott, Robert (Server Storage)" <Elliott@...com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>, Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>,
	Igor Mammedov <imammedo@...hat.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com>,
	Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>,
	Seiji Aguchi <seiji.aguchi@....com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@...com>,
	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>,
	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] x86 fixes for v3.15


* Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 1:59 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > A significantly larger than I'd like set of patches for just below the
> > wire.  All of these, however, fix real problems.  However, if you feel
> > it is too scary we can do it for the merge window and rely on pushing
> > them into -stable.
> 
> Ugh. I really don't like the timing, but the patches themselves look
> ok. So I ended up pulling them into my 3.15 branch, even if it's just
> a day before release.
> 
> I'm really hoping they've gone through all the regular x86 build/boot
> test machinery..

They have ... yet that's just a tiny cross section of what is out 
there, so I'm too nervous about them a bit, especially the smpboot 
hotplug fix :-/

Thanks,

	Ingo
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