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=-1.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham 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 E8531C43218 for ; Fri, 26 Apr 2019 19:37:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from shelob.surriel.com (shelob.surriel.com [96.67.55.147]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A9F3F20679 for ; Fri, 26 Apr 2019 19:37:23 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org A9F3F20679 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=vt.edu Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=fail smtp.mailfrom=kernelnewbies-bounces+kernelnewbies=archiver.kernel.org@kernelnewbies.org Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=shelob.surriel.com) by shelob.surriel.com with esmtp (Exim 4.91) (envelope-from ) id 1hK6ev-0002Ne-F7 for kernelnewbies@archiver.kernel.org; Fri, 26 Apr 2019 15:37:21 -0400 Received: from omr2.cc.ipv6.vt.edu ([2607:b400:92:8400:0:33:fb76:806e] helo=omr2.cc.vt.edu) by shelob.surriel.com with esmtps (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.91) (envelope-from ) id 1hK6dB-00008b-Md for kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org; Fri, 26 Apr 2019 15:35:33 -0400 Received: from mr4.cc.vt.edu (mr4.cc.ipv6.vt.edu [IPv6:2607:b400:92:8300:0:7b:e2b1:6a29]) by omr2.cc.vt.edu (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id x3QJZV5l005717 for ; Fri, 26 Apr 2019 15:35:32 -0400 Received: from mail-qk1-f199.google.com (mail-qk1-f199.google.com [209.85.222.199]) by mr4.cc.vt.edu (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id x3QJZQmJ004641 for ; Fri, 26 Apr 2019 15:35:31 -0400 Received: by mail-qk1-f199.google.com with SMTP id k68so3630689qkd.21 for ; Fri, 26 Apr 2019 12:35:31 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:date:message-id; bh=3YoSFrOpd3iJqafwZgrkQ4Nn9Q1eiDyPLHIOAVsEhSg=; b=NnrIlOVGXX2aY4kwEC6ipT438O4z6xeqWpaqykaosxiSkauB02C+O/StLUVcSgr6Nx Q2pnFmcHN9gNoio1E5kgVEVxkE0MzabIut694mWCVCzGUzm+d7KVOH9ZIDv5K8/4bkIZ X0n/WNYeEPgfpRse5vpM/okh6uHYBQmcem575nGwxjcMadsMSLm/6UeuPK0xdYZrXVhJ Nl4jctJqVppVH2bKQCqnmbu0fam0tHl8Z+/uhwYBDkfKcpoRjkBDUnUTYPHcTQMRrjOT 0hPN1aQSpfKlBUnZlaWDlUwFSbJcSko45zY/Evn/OVDCceH6BqPN/9SHMqCgbVOeBL4x bg0g== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAU0KVoRS1+ejxgPvWIPdL70L6svw/VU8clER5qNHu1rotKGLq6d /ciQUJSkGTT+RQw4dkQ3g6BdQMLWmgik00B3oA2EST7POZ8nGPywIYTIsYKy1mS7mW7TcPAqnVW xC+zz6QBoDmdYmV9tboshqOo/ZsIofiwdLTyr9Bk= X-Received: by 2002:aed:3427:: with SMTP id w36mr13231740qtd.54.1556307326712; Fri, 26 Apr 2019 12:35:26 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqxn7uQMT95SM2qEI74Fm+Tb9V0eG6LnKxVznM0+bRueRxyVJMvaclmfBtxrEmYIh1BCQKWsTA== X-Received: by 2002:aed:3427:: with SMTP id w36mr13231727qtd.54.1556307326443; Fri, 26 Apr 2019 12:35:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from turing-police ([2601:5c0:c001:4341::107]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id m129sm13368260qkb.55.2019.04.26.12.35.25 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Fri, 26 Apr 2019 12:35:25 -0700 (PDT) From: "Valdis Kl=?utf-8?Q?=c4=93?=tnieks" X-Google-Original-From: "Valdis Kl=?utf-8?Q?=c4=93?=tnieks" X-Mailer: exmh version 2.9.0 11/07/2018 with nmh-1.7+dev To: Xiaolong Wang Subject: Re: Best practice to upgrade kernel In-reply-to: <3CFD8D9A-EC79-47B3-A15F-5A27E6EA5B4D@mail.usf.edu> References: <3CFD8D9A-EC79-47B3-A15F-5A27E6EA5B4D@mail.usf.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 15:35:24 -0400 Message-ID: <30888.1556307324@turing-police> Cc: kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org X-BeenThere: kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: Learn about the Linux kernel List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1458947497824921960==" Errors-To: kernelnewbies-bounces+kernelnewbies=archiver.kernel.org@kernelnewbies.org --===============1458947497824921960== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Fri, 26 Apr 2019 11:17:24 -0700, Xiaolong Wang said: > I have a newbie question. I’m using a 3.18.66 kernel branch from Qualcomm. > Over the year I’ve applied some of patched here and there manually. > But It seems Qualcomm does not patch lot of newly released vulnerabilities. I > would love to upgrade to the latest 3.18.138 (not 4.x) > What is the best practice here? Since you're being forced by Qualcomm to use 3.18, take it up with them. What's this? You say you're not forced to do it? Well, there's two things you can do: 1) Continue feeling the pain of running an old kernel 2) Fix the reason you're on 3.18, and get on a 4.x or 5.x kernel. Your choice. --===============1458947497824921960== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies --===============1458947497824921960==--