Re: Patch "rcu: Make call_rcu() lazy to save power" has been added to the 6.1-stable tree

From: Greg KH
Date: Mon Oct 23 2023 - 09:08:50 EST


On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 08:57:52AM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 21, 2023 at 12:23:33PM -0400, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 8:18 PM Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
> > >
> > > rcu: Make call_rcu() lazy to save power
> > >
> > > to the 6.1-stable tree which can be found at:
> > > http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
> >
> > Sasha, could you drop this patch from 6.1 stable? It is a new feature
> > and as such I expect folks who need it to backport. For instance, in
> > our stable derivatives, it has been backported.
>
> You're right that it's a new feature, but it was taken as a dependency
> for a later fix.

I resolved this, and removed it, it wasn't really needed for that fix,
your bot's dependency chain got a bit too long for a 2 line bugfix :)

thanks,

greg k-h