linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.14 000/118] 4.14.14-stable review

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Date:   Mon, 15 Jan 2018 19:02:25 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Holger Hoffstätte 
        <holger@...lied-asynchrony.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, lkft-triage@...ts.linaro.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.14 000/118] 4.14.14-stable review

On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 04:24:59PM +0100, Holger Hoffstätte wrote:
> On 01/15/18 13:33, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.14.14 release.
> > There are 118 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.
> 
> Applied to 4.14.13 & built on 3 machines with different old CPUs
> (Core2Duo, i5/i7 SandyBridge), current gcc 7.2.0 still without retpoline
> magic (so syscalls only). Ensured CONFIG_RETPOLINE is enabled.
> 
> No regressions, no filesystems on fire, no spontaneous reboots.
> 
> Also gave this a syscall-heavy workout with iperf, still pushing >10 GB/s
> locally just as before (within expected deviation). perf bench shows some
> expected impact though, ~0.2-0.3 µs for scheduling.

Great, thanks for testing, much appreciated.

greg k-h