linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.9 033/120] perf/x86/intel/uncore: Fix hardcoded socket 0 assumption in the Haswell init code

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Date:   Wed, 18 Jan 2017 23:25:27 +0100
From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:     Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Harish Chegondi <harish.chegondi@...el.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>, Kan Liang <kan.liang@...el.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@...ne.edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.9 033/120] perf/x86/intel/uncore: Fix hardcoded socket
 0 assumption in the Haswell init code


* Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com> wrote:

> 4.9 is broken and requires additional patches beyond this patch.  Applying this 
> patch to 4.9 stable without those additional fixes will result in kernel panics 
> on some Haswell systems that boot on random cores.

Could you list the patches that are required? It would be nice to backport all 
required fixes to v4.9.

Thanks,

	Ingo