linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] x86, AMD, cacheinfo: Fix fallout caused by max3 conversion

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Date:	Mon, 16 May 2011 19:38:16 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Frank Arnold <farnold@...64.org>, X86-ML <x86@...nel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Hagen Paul Pfeifer <hagen@...u.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] x86, AMD, cacheinfo: Fix fallout caused by max3
 conversion

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 01:31:28PM -0400, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 03:39:46PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > From: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
> > 
> > 732eacc0542d0aa48797f675888b85d6065af837 converted code around the
> > kernel using nested max() macros to use the new max3 macro but forgot to
> > remove the old line in intel_cacheinfo.c. Fix it.
> > 
> > Cc: Hagen Paul Pfeifer <hagen@...u.net>
> > Cc: Frank Arnold <farnold@...64.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
> 
> Please also add:
> 
> Cc: Stable <stable@...nel.org>
> 
> here to resolve the regression found in the last .38 release.

I think you mean this regression:

http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=130541471818831

If so, we're working on that too. The patch above is just a small fixlet
which shouldn't go to stable.

Thanks.

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