linux-kernel - Re: [01/38] PCI: Set PCI-E Max Payload Size on fabric

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Message-ID: <20111011213138.GA3881@suse.de>
Date:	Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:31:38 -0600
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...ck.org>
Cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	stable-review@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Jon Mason <mason@...i.com>,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
Subject: Re: [01/38] PCI: Set PCI-E Max Payload Size on fabric

On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 04:03:35PM -0400, Benjamin LaHaise wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 01:56:11PM -0600, Greg KH wrote:
> > > On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> wrote:
> ...
> > > I'd like to know more about this regression.
> > 
> > It shows up as an oops that prevents the machine from booting.
> 
> If it's a regression, the patch should be limited to fixing the bug.  As 
> it stands, this patch series introduces new functionality, and because it 
> goes through a known broken state with the first patch, it may cause 
> failures for people if they land in the middle during a bisect.  This 
> doesn't seem like the right approach for -stable.

Bisection here follows the same problems that happened in Linus's tree,
so that's not a big deal, it happens a lot in stable patches.

greg k-h
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