Re: [PATCH -stable] x86,preempt: Fix preemption for i386

2014-05-13 Thread Greg KH
On Wed, Apr 09, 2014 at 09:38:45PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Wed, Apr 09, 2014 at 12:19:31PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 09, 2014 at 07:36:23AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 7:24 AM, Peter Zijlstra > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > I'm not entirely clear o

Re: [PATCH -stable] x86,preempt: Fix preemption for i386

2014-04-09 Thread Greg KH
On Wed, Apr 09, 2014 at 09:38:45PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Wed, Apr 09, 2014 at 12:19:31PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 09, 2014 at 07:36:23AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 7:24 AM, Peter Zijlstra > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > I'm not entirely clear o

Re: [PATCH -stable] x86,preempt: Fix preemption for i386

2014-04-09 Thread Peter Zijlstra
On Wed, Apr 09, 2014 at 12:19:31PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > On Wed, Apr 09, 2014 at 07:36:23AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 7:24 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > > > > > I'm not entirely clear on how acceptable it is to propose a different > > > patch for -stable than what w

Re: [PATCH -stable] x86,preempt: Fix preemption for i386

2014-04-09 Thread Greg KH
On Wed, Apr 09, 2014 at 07:36:23AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 7:24 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > > > I'm not entirely clear on how acceptable it is to propose a different > > patch for -stable than what we have upstream. > > It's not all that common, but it certainly ha

Re: [PATCH -stable] x86,preempt: Fix preemption for i386

2014-04-09 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 7:24 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > I'm not entirely clear on how acceptable it is to propose a different > patch for -stable than what we have upstream. It's not all that common, but it certainly happens. It's fine, as long as it mentions the commits that fix it upstream.