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=-6.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS 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 47FB7C433B4 for ; Tue, 6 Apr 2021 19:44:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11A2B611CC for ; Tue, 6 Apr 2021 19:44:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S244870AbhDFTo2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Apr 2021 15:44:28 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:58746 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229890AbhDFTo1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Apr 2021 15:44:27 -0400 Received: by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 95E5361284; Tue, 6 Apr 2021 19:44:18 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1617738258; bh=WwLq/QVrVjQNF1a3ZAvV1+zpKjVAXeWGI8o0D6g2hzg=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=RZKzqmoAtHJ0ybTC2thqDu2YUJ9XGD51zPHb/3P/PVf0U0KKXrOZ/rxf8uOefGo8E ZD+LpMRkO3aC98mcEW7Dp2OCyUSHGgSirAr4l7JU0mXVKTufByii6/vsspNcpOuTAu FxzTFrf6ijhGKuUIgfJLPGJyY3l+oXN7Fv58gPCTZOzQSEqMVD9xKxrtkuIg7EoTGB y9wDJznrrkCpAEkNFenYIZSjqoLLMka9wLANVGCOGzyKsB7/5yHhYnPngpwimSvxmK n32inJzui1jxCpC+4YipQ4dfTfImVgW1f8a8FkiWEmBodGsX1ka5VBnceK/BRyQmLp dEdjDtCD1s3iQ== Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2021 15:44:17 -0400 From: Sasha Levin To: Paolo Bonzini Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, Peter Feiner , Ben Gardon Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.10 096/126] KVM: x86/mmu: Use atomic ops to set SPTEs in TDP MMU map Message-ID: References: <20210405085031.040238881@linuxfoundation.org> <20210405085034.229578703@linuxfoundation.org> <98478382-23f8-57af-dc17-23c7d9899b9a@redhat.com> <81059969-e146-6ed3-01b6-341cbcf1b3ae@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <81059969-e146-6ed3-01b6-341cbcf1b3ae@redhat.com> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Apr 06, 2021 at 08:28:27PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote: >If a patch doesn't (more or less trivially) apply, the maintainer >should take action. Distro maintainers can also jump in and post the >backport to subsystem mailing lists. If the stable kernel loses a >patch because a maintainer doesn't have the time to do a backport, >it's not the end of the world. This quickly went from a "world class" to "fuck it". It's understandable that maintainers don't have all the time in the world for this, but are you really asking not to backport fixes to stable trees because you don't have the time for it and don't want anyone else to do it instead? Maybe consider designating someone who knows the subsystem well and does have time for this? -- Thanks, Sasha