linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] Fix TSC issues on (some) AMD Ryzen based systems

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1901292329320.1950@nanos.tec.linutronix.de>
Date:   Tue, 29 Jan 2019 23:31:26 +0100 (CET)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Paul Menzel <pmenzel@...gen.mpg.de>
cc:     Jan H. Schönherr <jan@...nhrr.de>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        x86@...nel.org, Thomas Lendacky <Thomas.Lendacky@....com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        it+linux-x86@...gen.mpg.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Fix TSC issues on (some) AMD Ryzen based systems

Paul,

On Tue, 29 Jan 2019, Paul Menzel wrote:
> 
> Please do not forget to tag both patches for the stable releases
> by adding the tag.
> 
> > CC: stable@...r.kernel.org

That's not the way it works. The TSC one might go to stable eventually, but
the second one is a hack and surely goes nowhere in the current
form. Routing patches to stable is not a matter of works for me.

Thanks,

	tglx