linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.12 26/84] x86/xen/efi: Initialize only the EFI struct members used by Xen

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Message-ID: <20170720091639.GA1071@kroah.com>
Date:   Thu, 20 Jul 2017 11:16:39 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:     Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@...cle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        andrew.cooper3@...rix.com, jgross@...e.com,
        linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, matt@...eblueprint.co.uk,
        xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.12 26/84] x86/xen/efi: Initialize only the EFI struct
 members used by Xen

On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 10:39:10AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@...cle.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hey Greg,
> > 
> > On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 11:43:32AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > 4.12-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> > 
> > Why did you skip this patch for 4.11? IMO it should be applied there too.
> 
> The thing is, this patch should probaly not even be in v4.12, as it should only 
> make any difference if there's a separate _bug_ in the kernel.
> 
> This patch makes things more robust going forward, but I question that it needs to 
> be in -stable.

Yeah, good point, I'm going to go drop it entirely from the 4.12-stable
tree as it obviously isn't stable material, sorry for not catching that
before.

thanks,

greg k-h