linux-kernel - Re: [3.13.y.z extended stable] Patch "locking/mutex: Disable optimistic spinning on some architectures" has been added to staging queue

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Message-ID: <alpine.LRH.2.02.1408061730590.10016@file01.intranet.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 6 Aug 2014 17:33:24 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>
To:	Andev <debiandev@...il.com>
cc:	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
	Vineet Gupta <vgupta@...opsys.com>,
	Jason Low <jason.low2@...com>,
	Waiman Long <waiman.long@...com>,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...isc-linux.org>,
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	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com
Subject: Re: [3.13.y.z extended stable] Patch "locking/mutex: Disable optimistic
 spinning on some architectures" has been added to staging queue



On Wed, 6 Aug 2014, Andev wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 4:54 PM, Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com> wrote:
> > This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled
> >
> >     locking/mutex: Disable optimistic spinning on some architectures
> >
> > to the linux-3.13.y-queue branch of the 3.13.y.z extended stable tree
> > which can be found at:
> >
> >  http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.13.y-queue
> >
> > This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.13.11.6.
> >
> 
> This patch is specifically for parisc, sparc32, tile32, metag-lock1,
> arc-!llsc and hexagon none of which Ubuntu supports.
> 
> Why are you backporting this patch?
> 
> --
> Andev

I guess - it's less time consuming to backport all patches for stable than 
to ponder on each patch if it applies to Ubuntu or not...

Mikulas
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