On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 11:37:14AM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Levin, Alexander writes ("Re: 3.18.y missing "x86/cpu: Fix SMAP check in PVOPS environments""):
> > On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 12:46:31PM -0400, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > > Hi. It appears that 3.18.y is lacking 581b7f158fe0 "x86/cpu: Fix SMAP
> > > check in PVOPS environments". Without this, it crashes when booting
> > > under Xen PVOPS on processors with the new SMAP feature.
> > >
> > > Andrew Cooper tells me this bug is definitely present in 3.18.y.
> > >
> > > Would you please consider applying this commit to 3.18 ? It appears
> > > to apply cleanly.
> >
> > Added, thanks!
>
> Thanks for your attention.
>
> Forgive me if I'm missing something obvious, but: I just fetched
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable
> and there the ref stable/linux-3.18.y was not updated and remains at
> 3cab355c2ff3a781b6ebe9d1a25bd4ebc1207430 aka v3.18.43.
>
> When you say "added", do you mean it is in some branch of yours which
> will be pushed later ?
>
> (I tried to find the answer to my question by typing random junk into
> general web search engines, but without success.)
>
I can see Linux 3.18.44 at least here:
https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sashal/linux-stable/+/linux-3.18.y-queue
With the SMAP/PVOPS fix included:
https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sashal/linux-stable/+log/linux-3.18.y-queue
> Thanks,
> Ian.
>
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