linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] drivers/base/cpu: crash data showing should depends on KEXEC

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Date:   Sat, 25 Nov 2023 10:29:41 +0800
From:   Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Ignat Korchagin <ignat@...udflare.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
        eric_devolder@...oo.com, kernel-team <kernel-team@...udflare.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] drivers/base/cpu: crash data showing should depends
 on KEXEC_CORE

On 11/24/23 at 08:44am, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Nov 2023 19:15:43 +0800 Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com> wrote:
> 
> > > > CONFIG_KEXEC is used to enable kexec_load interface, the
> > > > crash_notes/crash_notes_size/crash_hotplug showing depends on
> > > > CONFIG_KEXEC is incorrect. It should depend on KEXEC_CORE instead.
> > > >
> > > > Fix it now.
> > > 
> > > Can we add Fixes/CC stable, so it gets eventually backported into 6.6?
> > 
> > Makes sense. Will add it in v2 since I need respin to add the missing
> > stuff in patch 1. Thanks.
> 
> Please avoid mixing cc:stable patches and this-merge-window fixes in
> the same series as next-merge-window material.  Because I'll just have
> to separate them out anyway, causing what-I-merged to unnecessarily
> differ from what-you-sent.

Got it, will send them separately because the issue that this patch is fixing
has been there for very long time. Thanks for noticing.