On Tue, 27 Mar 2018 17:30:47 -0700 Kees Cook <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 4:03 PM, Andrew Morton > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, 27 Mar 2018 14:36:09 -0700 Kees Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Reported-by: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]> > >> Fixes: 29e48ce87f1e ("task_struct: Allow randomized") > >> Cc: [email protected] > > > > Why cc:stable? > > Since the padding existed in all configs, it's kind of an ugly wart > and should likely be fixed up for 4.14 and 4.15 -stable. That didn't tell us much :( Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst doesn't mention "ugly wart". I think what you're hearing here is that this patch needs a better changelog, please. Not an uncommon failing, sigh. A better explanation of the origins of this padding and a better explanation of the reasons for backporting the fix.
