linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] 3.2-stable timekeeping fixes merged in 3.6

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Date:	Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:39:11 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
Cc:	stable@...r.kernel.org, Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] 3.2-stable timekeeping fixes merged in 3.6

On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 06:35:23PM -0400, John Stultz wrote:
> Just wanted to send out a few timekeeping fixes that were merged
> in 3.6 which are appropriate for -stable.
> 
> This queue backports the following fixes:
> -----------------------------------------
> cee58483cf56e0ba355fdd97ff5e8925329aa936    time: Move ktime_t overflow checking into timespec_valid_strict
> bf2ac312195155511a0f79325515cbb61929898a    time: Avoid making adjustments if we haven't accumulated anything
> 4e8b14526ca7fb046a81c94002c1c43b6fdf0e9b    time: Improve sanity checking of timekeeping inputs
> 
> I've run these through my timetest suite w/ kvm on both i386
> & x86_64. But more testing would be of course appreciated.
> 	https://github.com/johnstultz-work/timetests
> 
> I also have patch queues for all the -stable trees that I'll be
> sending out as my testing completes for those trees.

Did you also send these out for the 3.0.y tree and I just missed them?
Should I just take this 3.2.y series and see how they well apply?

thanks,

greg k-h
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