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

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Message-ID: <20140409191931.GB10748@kroah.com>
Date:	Wed, 9 Apr 2014 12:19:31 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	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>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -stable] x86,preempt: Fix preemption for i386

On Wed, Apr 09, 2014 at 07:36:23AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 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.

I agree, I can take this as long as you say it's correct and tested...

thanks,

greg k-h
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