This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled intel_idle: Handle older CPUs, which stop the TSC in deeper C states, correctly to the 6.12-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: intel_idle-handle-older-cpus-which-stop-the-tsc-in-deeper-c-states-correctly.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.12 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.