From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33069C19759 for ; Thu, 1 Aug 2019 16:57:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F389220B7C for ; Thu, 1 Aug 2019 16:57:09 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1564678630; bh=4ezqwlPAovpVuLlfTDzS1AWwDrqX++zYUnYp2p9b17s=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=pAkdZT4Tn5vgnNX4aj168h8DOVxrihHd5KbXNnf1MCy5WPr5f+ZUzBktXW6jIqfmt cn36gPY7iusQbjnleJAzVmA6X5xtrM6wYpRHcj0exec0Twr2kKB67efBqEzFVmG73Q yRzlcivY47gz/OLu+bvmLkehUNHak2VsxCEuyJI0= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1731354AbfHAQ5J (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Aug 2019 12:57:09 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:40860 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725804AbfHAQ5I (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Aug 2019 12:57:08 -0400 Received: from localhost (83-86-89-107.cable.dynamic.v4.ziggo.nl [83.86.89.107]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 78E632064A; Thu, 1 Aug 2019 16:57:07 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1564678628; bh=4ezqwlPAovpVuLlfTDzS1AWwDrqX++zYUnYp2p9b17s=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=Q1WUKMDY3IL927TyRZwS7f3cRNOL2/DXVLQ+l59r43JrdhEuA+JvbMqeohhpPkBdx nJvgax8KDyIsfdyhEQQKyhCmL8cobgwK5sJfEO5liDwipVQeCbsQBRR8eSZPbFopkq Xn31aLfYr1p+KwmYrTHZlHG8Ci5LD29j5OoBfJ9o= Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2019 18:57:05 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Ajay Kaher Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org, aarcange@redhat.com, hughd@google.com, dave.hansen@intel.com, mgorman@suse.de, riel@redhat.com, mhocko@suse.cz, jannh@google.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, srivatsab@vmware.com, srivatsa@csail.mit.edu, amakhalov@vmware.com, srinidhir@vmware.com, bvikas@vmware.com, srostedt@vmware.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] Backported fixes for 4.4 stable tree Message-ID: <20190801165705.GA29730@kroah.com> References: <1563880111-19058-1-git-send-email-akaher@vmware.com> <20190724120627.GF3244@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190724120627.GF3244@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.12.1 (2019-06-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 02:06:27PM +0200, Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 04:38:23PM +0530, Ajay Kaher wrote: > > These patches include few backported fixes for the 4.4 stable > > tree. > > I would appreciate if you could kindly consider including them in the > > next release. > > Why are these needed? From what I remember, the last patch here is only > needed for machines that are "HUGE" and for those, you shouldn't be > using 4.4.y anymore anyway, right? You just end up saving so much more > speed and energy using a newer kernel, why would you want to waste it > using an older one? > > So I need a really good reason why to accept these :) It's been a week, so I'm dropping this from my queue now. Please resend with this information if you still want these in the tree. thanks, greg k-h