linux-kernel - Re: Linux 4.4.256

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Date:   Mon, 8 Feb 2021 09:14:53 -0800
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, lwn@....net, jslaby@...e.cz,
        shuah@...nel.org, patches@...nelci.org,
        lkft-triage@...ts.linaro.org, pavel@...x.de, jonathanh@...dia.com
Subject: Re: Linux 4.4.256

On Sun, Feb 07, 2021 at 09:22:44AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
[ ... ]
> > There are lots (35) of "KERNEL_VERSION(4, 5, 0)" in chromeos-4.4.
> > That should not matter with the clamped LINUX_VERSION_CODE, but
> > I'd prefer to clamp KERNEL_VERSION as well just to be sure. On
> > top of that, some of the vendor code we carry along does check
> > SUBVERSION, but that is probably more of an academic concern.
> 
> Ah, the internal checks, I think the other patch by Sasha will let that
> get bigger and should work for you as well.  Can you try it out?
> 
Quite frankly I like the "complete" fix much better, but then I dislike
deviating from stable releases even more. I'll use Sasha's version.

Thanks,
Guenter