linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.9 00/41] 4.9.37-stable review

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Message-ID: <20170711095345.GK14041@kroah.com>
Date:   Tue, 11 Jul 2017 11:53:45 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Krister Johansen <kjlx@...pleofstupid.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux@...ck-us.net,
        shuahkh@....samsung.com, patches@...nelci.org,
        ben.hutchings@...ethink.co.uk, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.9 00/41] 4.9.37-stable review

On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 03:31:08PM -0700, Krister Johansen wrote:
> Hey Greg,
> 
> On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 07:10:33PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.9.37 release.
> > There are 41 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> > to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> > let me know.
> > 
> > Responses should be made by Wed Jul 12 17:10:36 UTC 2017.
> > Anything received after that time might be too late.
> > 
> > The whole patch series can be found in one patch at:
> > 	kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/stable-review/patch-4.9.37-rc1.gz
> > or in the git tree and branch at:
> >   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-4.9.y
> > and the diffstat can be found below.
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > greg k-h
> 
> 
> In 4.9.36 there were some patches to tools/perf that got pulled in that
> break that part of build.  It looks like a couple of dependent patches
> were omitted.  I don't see these patches included in 4.9.37.  Is it
> possible to get those included so that tools/perf builds again?
> 
> Here's a link to the prior thread:
> 
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/7/5/537

I was hoping that you would get a response from the perf developers,
which is why I didn't queue those patches up.  I'll do so for the next
release after this one if I don't hear otherwise.

thanks,

greg k-h