Re: [PATCH 0/4] lib/vsprintf: Remove atomic-unsafe support for printk format %pCr

From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
To: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] lib/vsprintf: Remove atomic-unsafe support for printk format %pCr
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2018 17:28:06 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMuHMdX6ACCiEs=EEbQV3=Ah7BZT1RJ1G0kZKeYKi_KzWoKZgQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180601151905.yilldc6vbachfw4k@pathway.suse.cz>

Hi Petr,

On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 5:19 PM, Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> wrote:
> On Fri 2018-06-01 13:47:38, Petr Mladek wrote:
>> On Fri 2018-06-01 06:00:47, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>> > On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 4:29 AM Geert Uytterhoeven
>> > <geert+renesas@glider.be> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > This patch series:
>> > >   - Changes all existing users of "%pCr" to print the result of
>> > >     clk_get_rate() directly, which is safe as they all do this in task
>> > >     context only,
>> > >   - Removes support for the "%pCr" printk format.
>> >
>> > Looks good to me.
>> >
>> > What tree will this go through? The normal printk one? Just checking
>> > that this doesn't end up falling through the cracks because nobody
>> > knows who would take it...
>>
>> I will take it via printk.git. There already is bunch of vsprintf
>> changes for-4.18.
>
> It is in printk.git, branch for-4.18-vsprintf-pcr-removal now.

Thank you.

> Also I have added Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org into the commit messages.

I can confirm all stable version references ("v4.x+") match.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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