linux-kernel - Re: LTS testing with latest kselftests

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Date:   Mon, 19 Jun 2017 11:56:04 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Cc:     Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@...aro.org>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "# 3.4.x" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        Martin Fuzzey <mfuzzey@...keon.com>,
        Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: LTS testing with latest kselftests - some failures

On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 9:46 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@...nel.org> wrote:
>> 47e0bbb7fa98 (test: firmware_class: report errors properly on failure)
>
> Hrm, come to think of it, this *might* have been a stable fix, however the
> fix did not mention any specific about real issue with this. Kees?

This was mostly a cosmetic fix, though it does fix the return code. It
can certainly go to stable, but I try to only push more critical
things to -stable.

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Pixel Security