linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6.12 0/4] sched: The newidle balance regression

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Message-ID: <CAD2QZ9YieLCTC2Xmo_f3VDgyFOYTbOMbvW8QCWMoHjf6Co17nQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2025 10:36:02 +0530
From: Ajay Kaher <ajay.kaher@...adcom.com>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...hat.com, peterz@...radead.org, 
	juri.lelli@...hat.com, vincent.guittot@...aro.org, dietmar.eggemann@....com, 
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6.12 0/4] sched: The newidle balance regression

On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Dec 03, 2025 at 05:23:05PM +0530, Ajay Kaher wrote:
> > Greg, following upstream patches will directly apply to v6.17, so I am
> > not sending for v6.17:
> >
> > https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d206fbad9328ddb68ebabd7cf7413392acd38081.patch
> > https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e78e70dbf603c1425f15f32b455ca148c932f6c1.patch
> > https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/08d473dd8718e4a4d698b1113a14a40ad64a909b.patch
> > https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/33cf66d88306663d16e4759e9d24766b0aaa2e17.patch
>
> Please don't use github for kernel stuff....

ok.

> Anyway, these are not in a -rc kernel yet, so I really shouldn't be
> taking them unless the author/maintainer agrees they should go in
> "right now".  And given that these weren't even marked as cc: stable in
> the first place, why the rush?

Agree. No rush.

> Also, you forgot about 6.18.y, right?

Yes. However, upstream patches will directly apply till v6.17.

-Ajay

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