linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/14] mm/hmm: fix header file if/else/endif maze

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Date:   Fri, 16 Mar 2018 14:40:47 -0700
From:   John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Jerome Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>
CC:     <linux-mm@...ck.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <stable@...r.kernel.org>, Ralph Campbell <rcampbell@...dia.com>,
        Evgeny Baskakov <ebaskakov@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/14] mm/hmm: fix header file if/else/endif maze

On 03/16/2018 02:35 PM, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Mar 2018 17:18:02 -0400 Jerome Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 02:09:59PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
>>> On Fri, 16 Mar 2018 15:14:07 -0400 jglisse@...hat.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> From: Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>
>>>>
>>>> The #if/#else/#endif for IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HMM) were wrong.
>>>
>>> "were wrong" is not a sufficient explanation of the problem, especially
>>> if we're requesting a -stable backport.  Please fully describe the
>>> effects of a bug when fixing it?
>>
>> Build issue (compilation failure) if you have multiple includes of
>> hmm.h through different headers is the most obvious issue. So it
>> will be very obvious with any big driver that include the file in
>> different headers.
> 
> That doesn't seem to warrant a -stable backport?  The developer of such
> a driver will simply fix the headers?

Right. For this patch, I would strongly request a -stable backport.  It's 
really going to cause problems if anyone tries to use -stable with HMM,
without this fix.

thanks,
-- 
John Hubbard
NVIDIA

> 
>> I can respin with that. Sorry again for not being more explanatory
>> it is always hard for me to figure what is not obvious to others.
> 
> I updated the changelog, no respin needed.
>