On Wed, 27 Mar 2019, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 08:19:57PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > > Cc: <[email protected]> # 5.0.x: c95b323dcd35: x86/MCE/AMD: Turn off
> > > MC4_MISC thresholding on all family 0x15 models
> >
> > What is this supposed to tell us?
>
> That's stable speak from Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
> for patch prerequisites:
>
> "Additionally, some patches submitted via :ref:`option_1` may have additional
> patch prerequisites which can be cherry-picked. This can be specified in the
> following format in the sign-off area:
>
> .. code-block:: none
>
> Cc: <[email protected]> # 3.3.x: a1f84a3: sched: Check for idle
> Cc: <[email protected]> # 3.3.x: 1b9508f: sched: Rate-limit newidle
> Cc: <[email protected]> # 3.3.x: fd21073: sched: Fix affinity logic
> Cc: <[email protected]> # 3.3.x
> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>"
Cute. Wasn't aware of that.
Thanks for the education!
tglx
