linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] timers/nohz updates for v3.18

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Date:	Thu, 9 Oct 2014 06:34:26 -0400
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Frédéric Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] timers/nohz updates for v3.18

Hmm..

On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 2:48 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Please pull the latest timers-nohz-for-linus git tree from:
>
>    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git timers-nohz-for-linus
>
>    # HEAD: 9b01f5bf3999a3db5b1bbd9fdfd80d8d304e94ee nohz: nohz full depends on irq work self IPI support
>
> Main changes:
>
>  - Fix the deadlock reported by Dave Jones et al
>  - Clean up and fix nohz_full interaction with arch abilities
>  - nohz init code consolidation/cleanup

Ok, pulled. But none of these are marked for stable, yet the deadlock
people are seeing is in 3.17. Is there a separate line of minimal
fixes just for that? Or was the lack of stable tags just an oversight?

                 Linus
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