Re: [GIT PULL] x86 fixes for v3.15

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Sun Jun 08 2014 - 05:41:57 EST



* Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 1:59 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > A significantly larger than I'd like set of patches for just below the
> > wire. All of these, however, fix real problems. However, if you feel
> > it is too scary we can do it for the merge window and rely on pushing
> > them into -stable.
>
> Ugh. I really don't like the timing, but the patches themselves look
> ok. So I ended up pulling them into my 3.15 branch, even if it's just
> a day before release.
>
> I'm really hoping they've gone through all the regular x86 build/boot
> test machinery..

They have ... yet that's just a tiny cross section of what is out
there, so I'm too nervous about them a bit, especially the smpboot
hotplug fix :-/

Thanks,

Ingo
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