linux-kernel - Re: [stable] [00/29] 2.6.32.6 stable review

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Date:	Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:29:26 +0100 (CET)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	stable-review@...nel.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Xiaotian Feng <dfeng@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [stable] [00/29] 2.6.32.6 stable review

On Sat, 23 Jan 2010, Andrew Morton wrote:

> On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:11:45 -0800 Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de> wrote:
> 
> > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 2.6.32.6 release.
> > There are 29 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response to
> > this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please let
> > us know.  If anyone is a maintainer of the proper subsystem, and wants
> > to add a Signed-off-by: line to the patch, please respond with it.
> > 
> > Responses should be made by Monday, January 24, 00:00:00 UTC.
> > Anything received after that time might be too late.
> 
> 2.6.32.6 will still contain the regression described in (for example)
> 
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15117 
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15005
> 
> It's fixed with the below revert which has been in -mm (and only in
> -mm) for ten days.
> 
> I don't what's going on - perhaps we're waiting for Thomas, and he's
> otherwise engaged.  There's a fix in the lkml thread "Re: [RFC PATCH
> 0/4] clockevents: fix clockevent_devices list corruption after cpu
> hotplug" to which Thomas replied
> 
>     I just applied your patch, but kept the cpuweight check.  This
>     is the least intrusive solution for now.  The logic needs an
>     overhaul, but thats neither rc4 nor stable material"

Just sent the pull request for it. Sorry for the delay. The patch
needs to go into 32.6 as well.

Thanks,

	tglx
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