linux-kernel - Re: [kbuild-all] [tip: x86/vmware] input/vmmouse: Update the backdoor call with support for new instructions

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Date:   Fri, 30 Aug 2019 09:03:49 +0800
From:   Philip Li <philip.li@...el.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Cc:     kbuild test robot <lkp@...el.com>, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
        Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@...are.com>,
        x86-ml <x86@...nel.org>, linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org,
        pv-drivers@...are.com, Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        tip-bot2 for Thomas Hellstrom <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>,
        Doug Covelli <dcovelli@...are.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        VMware Graphics <linux-graphics-maintainer@...are.com>,
        kbuild-all@...org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [kbuild-all] [tip: x86/vmware] input/vmmouse: Update the
 backdoor call with support for new instructions

On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 06:33:53PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 12:01:48AM +0800, kbuild test robot wrote:
> > Hi tip-bot2,
> > 
> > Thank you for the patch! Yet something to improve:
> > 
> > [auto build test ERROR on linus/master]
> > [cannot apply to v5.3-rc6 next-20190829]
> > [if your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, please drop us a note to help improve the system]
> 
> Yes, it looks like it.
> 
> > url:    https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/tip-bot2-for-Thomas-Hellstrom/input-vmmouse-Update-the-backdoor-call-with-support-for-new-instructions/20190829-205315
> 
> This patch is part of a series which are here:
> 
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/log/?h=x86/vmware
> 
> so you need the patches before it.
> 
> I don't know what you guys are doing to track patches but if you really
> wanna test trees, I'd suggest simply testing TIP's tip/master branch
> which gets redone on a daily basis instead of testing patches in the
> tip-bot{,2} notification mails.
Thanks Boris for the input. Besides the repo monitoring, we also check the patches
in mailing lists, and try to apply patch to a suitable base. Do you think we can
skip the mailing list of tip-bot{,2}?

> 
> Thx.
> 
> -- 
> Regards/Gruss,
>     Boris.
> 
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