linux-kernel - Re: [tip:x86/timers] x86/tsc: Make calibration refinement more robust

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Message-ID: <CACjP9X_pwYyBvh6Zu0R1sbkzLoXJ7U2psFfK4wFeSz614_hvNA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:53:21 +0100
From:   Daniel Vacek <neelx@...hat.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     mingo@...nel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/timers] x86/tsc: Make calibration refinement more robust

On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 10:03 PM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
>
> No. The branch was not sent to Linus during the merge window due to holiday
> season induced oversight.

So does it wait for the next merge window now or is it still going to
be sent? This is actually worth stable branches. I've confirmations
from Hitachi and Nec that this really helps latest Skylake-X systems
boot reliably.

--nX