linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.2 05/16] s390/virtio: sort out physical vs virtual pointers usage

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Date:   Mon, 06 Mar 2023 11:26:40 +0100
From:   Nico Boehr <nrb@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Janosch Frank <frankja@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>, cohuck@...hat.com,
        pasic@...ux.ibm.com, farman@...ux.ibm.com, hca@...ux.ibm.com,
        gor@...ux.ibm.com, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.2 05/16] s390/virtio: sort out physical vs virtual pointers usage

Hi Sasha, s390 maintainers,

Quoting Sasha Levin (2023-03-05 14:51:56)
> From: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@...ux.ibm.com>
> 
> [ Upstream commit 5fc5b94a273655128159186c87662105db8afeb5 ]
> 
> This does not fix a real bug, since virtual addresses
> are currently indentical to physical ones.

not sure if it is appropriate to pick for stable, since it does not fix a bug currently.

Alexander, Janosch, your opinion?