linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V3 0/8] x86/topology: Improve CPUID.1F handling

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Message-ID: <Y0ka/UKSEb36BPxt@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Fri, 14 Oct 2022 10:17:01 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
Cc:     Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
        bp@...en8.de, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, hpa@...or.com,
        corbet@....net, fenghua.yu@...el.com, jdelvare@...e.com,
        linux@...ck-us.net, len.brown@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 0/8] x86/topology: Improve CPUID.1F handling

On Thu, Oct 13, 2022 at 08:19:03PM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 10/13/22 19:06, Zhang Rui wrote:
> > Patch 4/8 ~ 5/8 are real fixes and they depends on patch 2/8 and 3/8 to
> > avoid possible regressions. So patch 2/8 ~ 5/8 should be stable
> > material.
> > 
> > patch 6/8 is also a bugfix, but we have not observed any functionality
> > issues so far.
> 
> If you want to make this really easy on me, you could take the changelog
> and comment revisions that I made in that testing branch that I shared,
> integrate them, and send it out again, and *only* include the bugfixes.

It's really simple; if it don't have a Fixes tag, it ain't a fix :-)