linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] lib/vsprintf: Remove atomic-unsafe support for printk format %pCr

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Date:   Fri, 1 Jun 2018 17:28:06 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@...il.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>,
        Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
        Eduardo Valentin <edubezval@...il.com>,
        Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>,
        Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@...e.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        "open list:DOCUMENTATION" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-clk <linux-clk@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
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        Linux-Renesas <linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] lib/vsprintf: Remove atomic-unsafe support for printk
 format %pCr

Hi Petr,

On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 5:19 PM, Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com> wrote:
> On Fri 2018-06-01 13:47:38, Petr Mladek wrote:
>> On Fri 2018-06-01 06:00:47, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>> > On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 4:29 AM Geert Uytterhoeven
>> > <geert+renesas@...der.be> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > This patch series:
>> > >   - Changes all existing users of "%pCr" to print the result of
>> > >     clk_get_rate() directly, which is safe as they all do this in task
>> > >     context only,
>> > >   - Removes support for the "%pCr" printk format.
>> >
>> > Looks good to me.
>> >
>> > What tree will this go through? The normal printk one? Just checking
>> > that this doesn't end up falling through the cracks because nobody
>> > knows who would take it...
>>
>> I will take it via printk.git. There already is bunch of vsprintf
>> changes for-4.18.
>
> It is in printk.git, branch for-4.18-vsprintf-pcr-removal now.

Thank you.

> Also I have added Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org into the commit messages.

I can confirm all stable version references ("v4.x+") match.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

-- 
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org

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