linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kexec: drop dependency on ARCH_SUPPORTS_KEXEC from CRASH

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Message-Id: <20231129145448.8cea3323a7eb19b8f6c6a18a@linux-foundation.org>
Date:   Wed, 29 Nov 2023 14:54:48 -0800
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Ignat Korchagin <ignat@...udflare.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, eric_devolder@...oo.com,
        agordeev@...ux.ibm.com, bhe@...hat.com, kernel-team@...udflare.com,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kexec: drop dependency on ARCH_SUPPORTS_KEXEC from
 CRASH_DUMP

On Wed, 29 Nov 2023 22:34:13 +0000 Ignat Korchagin <ignat@...udflare.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 10:23 PM Andrew Morton
> <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 29 Nov 2023 22:04:09 +0000 Ignat Korchagin <ignat@...udflare.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Fixes: 91506f7e5d21 ("arm64/kexec: refactor for kernel/Kconfig.kexec")
> > > Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org # 6.6+: f8ff234: kernel/Kconfig.kexec: drop select of KEXEC for CRASH_DUMP
> > > Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org # 6.6+
> >
> > I doubt if anyone knows what the two above lines mean.  What are your
> > recommendations for the merging of this patch?
> 
> Hmm... I was just following
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html#option-1
> and basically wanted to make sure that this patch gets backported
> together with commit f8ff234: kernel/Kconfig.kexec: drop select of
> KEXEC for CRASH_DUMP (they should go together)

I see, thanks.  I don't think I've ever received a patch which did this!