Re: [for-next][PATCH 08/18] parisc: function_graph: Simplify with function_graph_entry()

[Sasha Levin]

On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 12:12:53PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Nov 2018 10:06:05 +0100
> Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> > > How should we proceed with this patch?
> >
> > My suggestion, although I didn't looked too much on it:
> > Apply it to v4.9 and higher only.
> > I think I started fixing trace functionality on parisc around 4.6,
> > which is probably why applying it fails on v4.4 and v3.x
>
> The problem is, if you backport the generic patches, it will completely
> break any arch that isn't updated. This also includes the archs that
> are no longer supported upstream, as they were not changed to handle
> the generic updates either.

Does this mean that someone (Steve) will send a backport of this to all
relevant stable trees? Right now it looks like the series will randomly
apply on a mix of trees, which can't be good.

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Thanks,
Sasha