On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 7:19 PM Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortma...@windriver.com> wrote: > > Bruce, Yocto kernel folks: > > Here is the next 5.2.x stable update "extension" primarily created for > the Yocto project, as the next v5.2.x post-EOL release. > > The content is from an audit of what went into the v5.4.19 to v5.4.21 > releases - plus any upstream commits listed as Fixes: for backports in > the above v5.4.x content, and a few upstream commits for recent CVE. > > There are just over 400 commits deployed here that were applicable for > this v5.2.39 release. The stand-out subsystem was kvm/x86 with more > host/guest related tweaks reaching back to fine tune spectre/L1TF type > content - a simple line count on the series puts kvm at 45, or over 10% > of the total count. > > To that end, I did an extra sanity test with v5.2.39-defconfig plus KVM > options enabled and used the same kernel binary as host and as the guest > kernel on an older Xeon E5530 COTS platform, and things seemed as normal. > > I've also put this 5.2.39 queue through the normal testing; build > testing on x86-64/32, ARM-64/32, PPC and MIPS, plus some static analysis > and finally some sanity runtime tests on x86-64. > > Please find commit ID bafbb48bd16943c5ec3177fc4e27eb8f17555196 as > the current head of linux-5.2.y branch in the repo in the kernel.org > directory here: > > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux-5.2.y.git/?h=linux-5.2.y > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux-5.2.y.git > > for merge to standard/base in linux-yocto-5.2 and then out from there > into the other base and BSP branches.
Thanks Paul for the update .. and for the extra help on IRC sorting out the -rt conflict. This is now pushed. Bruce > > For those who are interested, the evolution of the commits is here: > > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/paulg/longterm-queue-5.2.git/ > > This repo isn't needed for anything; it just exists for transparency and > so people can see the evolution of the raw commits that were originally > selected to create this 5.2.x release. > > Paul. -- - Thou shalt not follow the NULL pointer, for chaos and madness await thee at its end - "Use the force Harry" - Gandalf, Star Trek II
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