On Tue 2020-10-27 14:42:43, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 02:35:44PM +0100, Matteo Croce wrote:
> > From: Matteo Croce <mcroce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Limit the CPU number to num_possible_cpus(), because setting it
> > to a value lower than INT_MAX but higher than NR_CPUS produces the
> > following error on reboot and shutdown:
> >
> > Fixes: 1b3a5d02ee07 ("reboot: move arch/x86 reboot= handling to generic kernel")
> > Signed-off-by: Matteo Croce <mcroce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>
> <formletter>
>
> This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
> stable kernel tree. Please read:
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
> for how to do this properly.
>
> </formletter>
The best way is to add the following line before Signed-off-by line:
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Best Regards,
Petr
