On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 03:56:47PM +0100, Helge Deller wrote:
> Hi Greg,
>
> On 12/11/23 07:44, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Sun, Dec 10, 2023 at 05:43:53PM +0100, Helge Deller wrote:
> > > On 12/9/23 13:33, gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The patch below does not apply to the 6.1-stable tree.
> > > > If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
> > > > tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
> > > > id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.
> > >
> > > Right, it does not apply, and does NOT need to be backported.
> >
> > Are you sure?
> >
> > I ask because:
> >
> > > > Fixes: fe76a1349f23 ("parisc: Use natural CPU alignment for bug_table")
> > > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v6.0+
> >
> > Both of those lines imply that yes, it should be backported. Are they
> > incorrect?
>
> Oh, I added a wrong "Fixes:" tag in the upstream commit. Instead it should be:
> Fixes: 43266838515d ("parisc: Reduce size of the bug_table on 64-bit kernel by half")
> but this commit was originally not tagged for stable series.
>
> I see Sasha pulled it nevertheless into stable-rc series, together with this commit
> here: "parisc: Fix asm operand number out of range build error in".
>
> So, either we keep both (as it is currently in stable-rc), or we drop both:
> * parisc: Reduce size of the bug_table on 64-bit kernel by half
> * parisc: Fix asm operand number out of range build error in
>
> I'm fine with either option.
I'll keep what we have in the stable queue, thanks for checking.
greg k-h
