linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHES][RFC] icache-related stuff

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Date:   Mon, 30 Jul 2018 14:35:56 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
Subject: Re: [PATCHES][RFC] icache-related stuff

On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 3:03 PM Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk> wrote:
>
> Assorted icache-related fixes for the next window; some of that is -stable
> fodder.

I don't see anything alarming in the patches, but "some of it is
-stable fodder" looks wrong.

The only one that is marked for stable is 03/16, and that seems to fix
something that came in during this merge window.

It shouldn't be stable, because as far as I can tell, it should  just
be fixed before the 4.18 release. No?

The rest looks like fine cleanups, but not stable (and certainly for
the next merge window)

Am I missing something?

             Linus