Re: [PATCH 5.15 000/183] 5.15.134-rc1 review

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon Oct 16 2023 - 04:07:00 EST


On Sun, Oct 15, 2023 at 10:25:40PM -0400, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 1:44 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
> <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 11:58:49AM -0400, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> > > Hello Greg,
> > >
> > > On Sat, Oct 7, 2023 at 9:00 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
> > > <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 5.15.134 release.
> > > > There are 183 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> > > > to this one. If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> > > > let me know.
> > > >
> > > > Responses should be made by Fri, 06 Oct 2023 17:51:12 +0000.
> > > > Anything received after that time might be too late.
> > > >
> > > > The whole patch series can be found in one patch at:
> > > > https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/stable-review/patch-5.15.134-rc1.gz
> > > > or in the git tree and branch at:
> > > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-5.15.y
> > > > and the diffstat can be found below.
> > > [...]
> > > > Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > kernel/sched: Modify initial boot task idle setup
> > > >
> > >
> > > Let us drop this patch because it caused new tasks-RCU warnings (both
> > > normal and rude tasks RCU) in my stable test rig. We are discussing
> > > the "right fix" and at that time a backport can be done.
> > >
> > > Hope Liam is also Ok with that. I am happy to do that future backport if needed.
> >
> > This is already in a released kernel, a bunch of them:
> > 5.15.134 6.1.56 6.5.6 6.6-rc3
> > should it be reverted from all of the stable releases, or just for
> > 5.15.y?
>
> Just 5.15.y. The others don't have an issue with the patch per my tests.

Ok, now reverted, thanks.

greg k-h