linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3.16 084/294] KVM: async_pf: make rcu irq exit if not triggered from idle task

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Message-ID: <1510063390.2748.137.camel@decadent.org.uk>
Date:   Tue, 07 Nov 2017 14:03:10 +0000
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@...mail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.16 084/294] KVM: async_pf: make rcu irq exit if not
 triggered from idle task

On Tue, 2017-11-07 at 14:54 +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 07/11/2017 14:50, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > On Tue, 2017-11-07 at 11:37 +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> > > On 07/11/2017 00:03, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > > > 3.16.50-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please
> > > > let me know.
> > > > 
> > > > ------------------
> > > > 
> > > > From: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@...mail.com>
> > > > 
> > > > commit 337c017ccdf2653d0040099433fc1a2b1beb5926 upstream.
> > 
> > [...]
> > > Looks good, please backport
> > > 
> > > b862789aa5186d5ea3a024b7cfe0f80c3a38b980 and
> > > a2b7861bb33b2538420bb5d8554153484d3f961f
> > > 
> > > as well.
> > 
> > Do they fix regressions related to this commit?  If so, I'll add
> > them
> > to this update.  Otherwise I'll get to them later - I have not yet
> > scanned through changes after 4.13.
> 
> No, they fix other instances of the same bug.

Then I'll probably  get to them in 3.16.52.  Thanks.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so
ingenious.


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