Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-13 Thread Willy Tarreau
On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 11:48:01PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > And if something "fixes" an issue, then I want it in stable, just like > > > Linus wants that in his tree. > > > > It's the difference between "this is a fix" and "please backport this > > fix into stable". As we aid in this

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-13 Thread Steven Rostedt
On Sat, 2013-07-13 at 02:47 +0200, Jochen Striepe wrote: > Hello, > > On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 04:28:20PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > I would suspect that machines that allow unprivileged users would be > > running distro kernels, and not the latest release from Linus, and thus > > even

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen-netfront: pull on receive skb may need to happen earlier

2013-07-13 Thread Dion Kant
On 07/12/2013 10:56 AM, Jan Beulich wrote: On 12.07.13 at 10:32, Wei Liu wrote: >> On Mon, Jul 08, 2013 at 03:20:26PM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote: >> On 08.07.13 at 11:59, "Jan Beulich" wrote: >>> On 05.07.13 at 16:53, Wei Liu wrote: > skb->truesize += PAGE_SIZE * skb_shinfo(skb)

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-13 Thread Theodore Ts'o
On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 11:48:01PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > It's the difference between "this is a fix" and "please backport this > > fix into stable". As we aid in this thread, cc:stable is a bit too much > > automatic and sometimes not appropriate (not important enough fixes). > > No

Re: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] When to push bug fixes to mainline

2013-07-13 Thread Rafael J. Wysocki
On Friday, July 12, 2013 06:32:11 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 02:24:07AM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > On Thursday, July 11, 2013 08:34:30 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 10:57:46PM -0400, John W. Linville wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jul 11, 20

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-13 Thread Dave Jones
On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 07:11:29AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > Users expect vanilla .0 releases usable as production systems, to > > be updated (meaning, no new features, just stabilizing) with the > > corresponding -stable series. > > This really is a case by case basis. An unprivilege

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-13 Thread Steven Rostedt
On Sat, 2013-07-13 at 11:10 -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 07:11:29AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > > > Users expect vanilla .0 releases usable as production systems, to > > > be updated (meaning, no new features, just stabilizing) with the > > > corresponding -stable ser

Re: [PATCH 3/3] pch_gbe: Add MinnowBoard support

2013-07-13 Thread Darren Hart
On Fri, 2013-07-12 at 23:26 -0700, Greg KH wrote: > On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 10:46:21PM -0700, Darren Hart wrote: > > On Fri, 2013-07-12 at 18:17 -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > > On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 05:58:07PM -0700, Darren Hart wrote: > > > > The MinnowBoard uses an AR803x PHY with the PCH GBE which

Re: [PATCH 3/3] pch_gbe: Add MinnowBoard support

2013-07-13 Thread Greg KH
On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 09:08:01AM -0700, Darren Hart wrote: > On Fri, 2013-07-12 at 23:26 -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 10:46:21PM -0700, Darren Hart wrote: > > > On Fri, 2013-07-12 at 18:17 -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > > > > --- > > > > > drivers/net/ethernet/oki-semi/pch_gbe/pc

Re: Linux 3.0.86

2013-07-13 Thread Greg KH
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index 9b893d7..d81f637 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -5725,6 +5725,7 @@ P:Vincent Sanders M: Simtec Linux Team W: http://www.simtec.co.uk/products/EB110ATX/ S: Supported +F: Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt

Linux 3.0.86

2013-07-13 Thread Greg KH
I'm announcing the release of the 3.0.86 kernel. All users of the 3.0 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 3.0.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-3.0.y and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser:

Re: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] When to push bug fixes to mainline

2013-07-13 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 8:14 PM, Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Fri, 2013-07-12 at 10:59 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: >> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Steven Rostedt wrote: >> > >> > Perhaps just make a separate stable branch, where you cherry-pick the >> > specific patch using the -x option. Add

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-13 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 07:42:11AM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 11:48:01PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > It's the difference between "this is a fix" and "please backport this > > > fix into stable". As we aid in this thread, cc:stable is a bit too much > > > automa

Re: Linux 3.4.53

2013-07-13 Thread Greg KH
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index c744d9c..5725829 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -6390,6 +6390,7 @@ STABLE BRANCH M: Greg Kroah-Hartman L: stable@vger.kernel.org S: Supported +F: Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt STAGING SUBSYSTEM M: Greg K

Linux 3.4.53

2013-07-13 Thread Greg KH
I'm announcing the release of the 3.4.53 kernel. All users of the 3.4 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 3.4.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-3.4.y and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser:

Linux 3.10.1

2013-07-13 Thread Greg KH
I'm announcing the release of the 3.10.1 kernel. All users of the 3.10 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 3.10.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-3.10.y and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser:

Re: Linux 3.10.1

2013-07-13 Thread Greg KH
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index ad7e322..48c7480 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -7667,6 +7667,7 @@ STABLE BRANCH M: Greg Kroah-Hartman L: stable@vger.kernel.org S: Supported +F: Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt STAGING SUBSYSTEM M: Greg

Linux 3.9.10

2013-07-13 Thread Greg KH
I'm announcing the release of the 3.9.10 kernel. Note, this might just be the last 3.9-stable kernel release, I'm not quite sure I can guarantee another 3.9-stable kernel will be released. Please move to the 3.10-stable series at this point in time. If that isn't working for you, please let us kn

Re: [PATCH 3/3] pch_gbe: Add MinnowBoard support

2013-07-13 Thread Darren Hart
On Sat, 2013-07-13 at 10:09 -0700, Greg KH wrote: > On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 09:08:01AM -0700, Darren Hart wrote: ... > > I was looking at it as a quirk: > > > > " - New device IDs and quirks are also accepted." > > > > I even considered implementation as a pci quirk. I didn't because the > > PHY

[PATCH] rbd: send snapshot context with writes

2013-07-13 Thread Sage Weil
Hi Greg, Can you please apply the following to the 3.9-stable series? Thanks! sage >From 21c1a4fdce5efd1022ed5feef2d322b3069e4d35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Josh Durgin Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 12:56:17 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] rbd: send snapshot context with writes Sending the right snapsho

Re: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] [ATTEND] stable trees and pushy maintainers; cgroups interface; hid; depth of maintainers tree

2013-07-13 Thread Jiri Kosina
On Mon, 8 Jul 2013, Greg KH wrote: > > (1) I am a responsible maintainer of kernels for all SUSE enterprise > > products. As such, I am dealing with -stable trees on a regular > > basis. > > > > I am aware of the fact that -stable team is deferring a big part of the > > respon

Re: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] [ATTEND] stable trees and pushy maintainers; cgroups interface; hid; depth of maintainers tree

2013-07-13 Thread Greg KH
On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 01:30:49AM +0200, Jiri Kosina wrote: > On Mon, 8 Jul 2013, Greg KH wrote: > > > > (1) I am a responsible maintainer of kernels for all SUSE enterprise > > > products. As such, I am dealing with -stable trees on a regular > > > basis. > > > > > > I am aware o

Re: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] [ATTEND] stable trees and pushy maintainers; cgroups interface; hid; depth of maintainers tree

2013-07-13 Thread Jiri Kosina
On Sat, 13 Jul 2013, Greg KH wrote: > > Ok, so as this topic seems to have gotten quite some traction even in > > other threads ("[Ksummit-2013-discuss] When to push bug fixes to mainline" > > etc), let me pick a rather random example for a case study (and yes, I > > personally had to suffer wi

stable queue nightly builds

2013-07-13 Thread Guenter Roeck
Greg, I'll be on vacation for the next two weeks. I'll keep the build server running, so stable queue builds should run automatically whenever patches are pending in your stable queue repository on kernel.org. Since I won't be available to send replies to the mailing list if/when you send out pat

Re: Linux 3.9.10

2013-07-13 Thread mark gross
On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 11:54:17AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > I'm announcing the release of the 3.9.10 kernel. > > Note, this might just be the last 3.9-stable kernel release, I'm not > quite sure I can guarantee another 3.9-stable kernel will be released. I guess this means 3.9 will NOT be this yea

RE: [PATCH 1/2] Drivers: hv: balloon: Fix a bug in the hot-add code

2013-07-13 Thread KY Srinivasan
> -Original Message- > From: Ben Hutchings [mailto:b...@decadent.org.uk] > Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 5:13 PM > To: KY Srinivasan > Cc: gre...@linuxfoundation.org; linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org; > de...@linuxdriverproject.org; o...@aepfle.de; a...@canonical.com; > jasow...@redhat.com; Sta

Re: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] [ATTEND] stable trees and pushy maintainers; cgroups interface; hid; depth of maintainers tree

2013-07-13 Thread Theodore Ts'o
On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 02:33:05AM +0200, Jiri Kosina wrote: > The problem we have actually encountered was 902c098a ... it's not obvious > how that patch would be fixing any security related issue (strictly > speaking, it could actually create a new security problem). > It's not even closely tig

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-13 Thread Theodore Ts'o
On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 11:27:17AM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > Ugh, the conversation has degenerated now into parsing the meaning of > specific words. This is why lawyers have created whole vocabularies > that are not used by "normal" people. There's a very good reason why > I'm not a lawy

Re: Linux 3.9.10

2013-07-13 Thread Greg KH
On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 06:46:51PM -0700, mark gross wrote: > On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 11:54:17AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > I'm announcing the release of the 3.9.10 kernel. > > > > Note, this might just be the last 3.9-stable kernel release, I'm not > > quite sure I can guarantee another 3.9-stable

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-13 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 10:22:19PM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 11:27:17AM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > Ugh, the conversation has degenerated now into parsing the meaning of > > specific words. This is why lawyers have created whole vocabularies > > that are not us

Re: [ 00/19] 3.10.1-stable review

2013-07-13 Thread Guenter Roeck
On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 08:51:28PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 10:22:19PM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 11:27:17AM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > Ugh, the conversation has degenerated now into parsing the meaning of > > > specific wor