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Message-ID: <20100820082103.GF17551@elte.hu>
Date:	Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:21:03 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	"D. Stussy" <kd6lvw@...izon.net>,
	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, luca@...a-barbieri.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86, asm: Refactor atomic64_386_32.S to support
 old binutils and be cleaner


* H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:

> On 08/19/2010 12:06 PM, D. Stussy wrote:
> > Has this patch been posted to the 2.6.35 kernel also, or just to 2.6.36?  I don't think it's been posted to 2.6.35 where the problem it corrects was introduced.
> > 
> > "Greg KH" <gregkh@...e.de> has made a last call (tomorrow - Aug 20) for chnges for 2.6.35.3 and doesn't seem to have this.  It's not in the prior two updates either.....
> 
> It was Cc: <stable@...nel.org>; it's up to Greg to include it or not.

I think Greg generally includes all upstream commits marked with a -stable tag 
- except if it wont apply cleanly, in which case he mails for a backport.

It of course has to fit in the regular stable release cycle, so the patches 
dont propagate instantaneously.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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