linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.16 234/279] x86/pkeys/selftests: Adjust the self-test to fresh distros that export the pkeys ABI

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Message-ID: <fa4b973b-6037-eaef-3a63-09e8ca638527@suse.cz>
Date:   Tue, 3 Jul 2018 13:36:43 +0200
From:   Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     stable@...r.kernel.org, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, dave.hansen@...el.com,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linuxram@...ibm.com, mpe@...erman.id.au,
        shakeelb@...gle.com, shuah@...nel.org,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...rosoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.16 234/279] x86/pkeys/selftests: Adjust the self-test to
 fresh distros that export the pkeys ABI

On 06/18/2018 10:13 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> 4.16-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

So I was wondering, why backport such a considerable number of
*selftests* to stable, given the stable policy? Surely selftests don't
affect the kernel itself breaking for users?

Thanks, Vlastimil