linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 0/2] Avoid spurious freezer wakeups

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Message-ID: <ZRNFeXZ4tRbT7ws6@google.com>
Date:   Tue, 26 Sep 2023 20:56:25 +0000
From:   Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@...gle.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     Elliot Berman <quic_eberman@...cinc.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, kernel@...cinc.com,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        Prakash Viswalingam <quic_prakashv@...cinc.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/2] Avoid spurious freezer wakeups

On Tue, Sep 26, 2023 at 10:02:38PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 26, 2023 at 04:17:33PM +0000, Carlos Llamas wrote:
> > 
> > This issue is hurting the performance of our stable 6.1 releases. Does
> > it make sense to backport these patches into stable branches once they
> > land in mainline? I would assume we want to fix the perf regression
> > there too?
> 
> Note that these patches are in tip/sched/core, slated for the next merge
> window.

We can wait, no problem. I just wanted to make sure we also patch stable
if needed. Elliot, would you be able to send a backport of your patches
to stable once they land in mainline on the next merge window?

Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org

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Carlos Llamas