linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3.16 47/47] KVM: x86/vPMU: refine kvm

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <35a63ec6-234b-3dda-fbbc-df344e97e468@redhat.com>
Date:   Thu, 31 Oct 2019 23:56:52 +0100
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Denis Kirjanov <kda@...ux-powerpc.org>,
        Like Xu <like.xu@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.16 47/47] KVM: x86/vPMU: refine kvm_pmu err msg when
 event creation failed

On 31/10/19 23:53, Joe Perches wrote:
> I think not, but hey, maybe you and Greg do.
> 
> Porting enhancements, even trivial ones, imo is
> not a great thing for stable branches.
> 
> My perspective is that only bug fixes should be
> applied to stable branches.
> 
> cheers, Joe

I agree this is borderline.  The main reason why I applied is that I get
occasional bug reports about it even from experienced Linux developers,
probably because the printk_once hides the message on systems that have
been up for a while.

Paolo