On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 04:36:40PM -0600, Milton Miller wrote: > On Fri, 18 Mar 2011 about 15:28:42 -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > > > The patch below does not apply to the .38-stable tree. > > If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm > > tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit > > id to <[email protected]>. > > > > thanks, > > > > greg k-h > > > > ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ > > > > From 723aae25d5cdb09962901d36d526b44d4be1051c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > > From: Milton Miller <[email protected]> > > Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:27:17 -0600 > > Subject: [PATCH] smp_call_function_many: handle concurrent clearing of mask > > > This is the 3rd of 4 patchs to kernel/smp.c since 2.6.38 and the first > 3 are all marked for stable. The commit only touches kernel/smp.c > Perhaps you tried to apply it out of order? Or did the (v2.6.32 and later) > on the other commits cc: stable confuse the scripts? > > git rev-list --pretty=oneline v2.6.38..723aae25d5c -- kernel/smp.c > > 723aae25d5cdb09962901d36d526b44d4be1051c smp_call_function_many: handle > concurrent clearing of mask > 45a5791920ae643eafc02e2eedef1a58e341b736 call_function_many: add missing > ordering > e6cd1e07a185d5f9b0aa75e020df02d3c1c44940 call_function_many: fix list delete > vs add race
So they should be applied in reverse order, which I have done. > Also, like the previous 2, it should be backported though 2.6.32 as > there were at least 3 callsites that are affected by the patch that > could otherwise lockup without alternative measures. > > Hmm, it looks like there will be some rediff needed to get all > the way back to 32. I think I've now done this, sorry for the problem, I think I might have applied them out of order the first time around. greg k-h _______________________________________________ stable mailing list [email protected] http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/stable
