linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.16 000/196] 4.16.4-stable review

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Date:   Mon, 23 Apr 2018 18:32:03 -0600
From:   Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        linux@...ck-us.net, patches@...nelci.org,
        ben.hutchings@...ethink.co.uk, lkft-triage@...ts.linaro.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.16 000/196] 4.16.4-stable review

On 04/23/2018 02:07 PM, Shuah Khan wrote:
> On 04/23/2018 12:03 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>> On Sun, Apr 22, 2018 at 03:50:20PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>>> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.16.4 release.
>>> There are 196 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 Tue Apr 24 13:50:16 UTC 2018.
>>> Anything received after that time might be too late.
>>>
>>> The whole patch series can be found in one patch at:
>>> 	https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/stable-review/patch-4.16.4-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-4.16.y
>>> and the diffstat can be found below.
>>
>> There is a -rc3 out now, to fix some issues reported with -rc1 and -rc2
>> (I forgot to announce -rc2, sorry.):
>>  	https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/stable-review/patch-4.16.4-rc3.gz
>>
>>
>>
> 
> I just tried rc1 - will try rc3. Has the lock problem seen already: ( I will
> try rc3 and if I setill see the problem, will start bisect)
> 

rc3 looks good. Compiled and booted on my test system. No dmesg regressions.

thanks,
-- Shuah