linux-kernel - [PATCH 6.8 00/11] 6.8.4-rc1 review

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Date: Wed,  3 Apr 2024 19:55:39 +0200
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
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Subject: [PATCH 6.8 00/11] 6.8.4-rc1 review

This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.8.4 release.
There are 11 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
let me know.

Responses should be made by Fri, 05 Apr 2024 17:51:13 +0000.
Anything received after that time might be too late.

The whole patch series can be found in one patch at:
	https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/stable-review/patch-6.8.4-rc1.gz
or in the git tree and branch at:
	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.8.y
and the diffstat can be found below.

thanks,

greg k-h

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Pseudo-Shortlog of commits:

Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
    Linux 6.8.4-rc1

Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
    Revert "workqueue.c: Increase workqueue name length"

Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
    Revert "workqueue: Move pwq->max_active to wq->max_active"

Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
    Revert "workqueue: Factor out pwq_is_empty()"

Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
    Revert "workqueue: Replace pwq_activate_inactive_work() with [__]pwq_activate_work()"

Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
    Revert "workqueue: Move nr_active handling into helpers"

Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
    Revert "workqueue: Make wq_adjust_max_active() round-robin pwqs while activating"

Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
    Revert "workqueue: RCU protect wq->dfl_pwq and implement accessors for it"

Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
    Revert "workqueue: Introduce struct wq_node_nr_active"

Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
    Revert "workqueue: Implement system-wide nr_active enforcement for unbound workqueues"

Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
    Revert "workqueue: Don't call cpumask_test_cpu() with -1 CPU in wq_update_node_max_active()"

Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
    Revert "workqueue: Shorten events_freezable_power_efficient name"


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Diffstat:

 Makefile                  |   4 +-
 include/linux/workqueue.h |  35 +--
 kernel/workqueue.c        | 757 ++++++++--------------------------------------
 3 files changed, 132 insertions(+), 664 deletions(-)