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

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.00.0802142236440.12988@apollo.tec.linutronix.de>
Date:	Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:37:49 +0100 (CET)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
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, 14 Feb 2008, Greg KH wrote:

> 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?

Yes, both are for stable as well. The report was against 2.6.24 stable
 
> 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.

Will do next time.

Thanks,

	tglx
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