From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: "Yu, Fenghua" <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@linux.intel.com>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
"Mallick, Asit K" <asit.k.mallick@intel.com>,
"Hansen, Dave" <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
"Williamson, Glenn P" <glenn.p.williamson@intel.com>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, x86 <x86@kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH Bugfix 1/4] x86/xsave.c: Fix xstate offsets and sizes enumeration
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:28:44 +0200 (CEST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.11.1504211627300.13914@nanos> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3E5A0FA7E9CA944F9D5414FEC6C712205C8C5C7F@ORSMSX106.amr.corp.intel.com>
On Tue, 21 Apr 2015, Yu, Fenghua wrote:
> > This is a regular hardware enablement or are you saying that this is backport
> > material?
>
> I would like the patch to be backported to distros or stable kernel because
> we may really see the issue in near future if it's not backported.
Then you should clearly explain that in a 0/N cover mail which
describes the scope and impact of the patch series. That way more
useful than a screaming BUGFIX prefix.
Thanks,
tglx
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-04-21 14:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-04-18 20:12 [PATCH Bugfix 1/4] x86/xsave.c: Fix xstate offsets and sizes enumeration Fenghua Yu
2015-04-18 20:12 ` [PATCH Bugfix 2/4] x86/xsaves: Define and use user_xstate_size for xstate size in signal context Fenghua Yu
2015-04-18 20:12 ` [PATCH Bugfix 3/4] x86/xsaves: Rename xstate_size to kernel_xstate_size to explicitely distinguish xstate size in kernel from user space Fenghua Yu
2015-04-18 20:12 ` [PATCH Bugfix 4/4] x86/xsave: Don't add new states in xsave_struct Fenghua Yu
2015-04-21 9:16 ` [PATCH Bugfix 1/4] x86/xsave.c: Fix xstate offsets and sizes enumeration Thomas Gleixner
2015-04-21 12:54 ` Yu, Fenghua
2015-04-21 14:28 ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2015-04-21 14:28 ` Dave Hansen
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