linux-kernel - Re: [stable] [GIT pull] hrtimer fixes

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Message-ID: <20080214212643.GA18521@kroah.com>
Date:	Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:26:43 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Stable Team <stable@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [stable] [GIT pull] hrtimer fixes

On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 10:19:23PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> Linus,
> 
> please pull hrtimer fixes from:
> 
>   ssh://master.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/linux-2.6-hrt.git master
> 
> The first patch fixes an overflow problem, which is caused by missing
> checks in the relative to absolute time conversion in the futex
> code. It got caught by the WARN_ON() in clockevents_program_event().
> 
> The second patch prevents a false positive of the same WARN_ON().
> 
> Fixes are confirmed to solve http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/10/137

Are one of these needed in the stable tree?

If so, you can just add a:
	Cc: stable <stable@...nel.org>
to the signed-off-by area, and we (the stable tree developers) will get
an automated email when it goes into Linus's tree, with the git
changelog entry.

thanks,

greg k-h
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