linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RT 5/8] sched: Remove TASK

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1711211825430.2399@nanos>
Date:   Tue, 21 Nov 2017 18:26:20 +0100 (CET)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-rt-users <linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org>,
        Carsten Emde <C.Emde@...dl.org>,
        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>,
        Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
        Julia Cartwright <julia@...com>,
        Daniel Wagner <daniel.wagner@...mens.com>,
        tom.zanussi@...ux.intel.com, Alex Shi <alex.shi@...aro.org>,
        stable-rt@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RT 5/8] sched: Remove TASK_ALL

On Tue, 21 Nov 2017, Steven Rostedt wrote:

> On Tue, 21 Nov 2017 17:19:07 +0100
> Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 11:06:59AM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > > 4.4.97-rt111-rc1 stable review patch.
> > > If anyone has any objections, please let me know.  
> > 
> > No real objection, just curious as to why its -stable material.
> 
> Good question ;-) But it was marked with the stable-rt tag, Thomas
> said it was dangerous, and it applied nicely.

Yes, it's dangerous and I wanted to make sure that it does not get reused
by chance.

Thanks,

	tglx