linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -stable] x86,preempt: Fix preemption for i386

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Date:	Wed, 9 Apr 2014 07:36:23 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Stefan Bader <stefan.bader@...onical.com>,
	Toralf Förster <toralf.foerster@....de>,
	Michele Ballabio <barra_cuda@...amail.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Frédéric Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	David Cohen <david.a.cohen@...ux.intel.com>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -stable] x86,preempt: Fix preemption for i386

On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 7:24 AM, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:
>
> I'm not entirely clear on how acceptable it is to propose a different
> patch for -stable than what we have upstream.

It's not all that common, but it certainly happens.

It's fine, as long as it mentions the commits that fix it upstream.
And as long as it's well tested, of course.

                     Linus
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