This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.6.25 release. There are 11 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response to this one. If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please let me know. Responses should be made by Fri, 05 Apr 2024 17:51:13 +0000. Anything received after that time might be too late. The whole patch series can be found in one patch at: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/stable-review/patch-6.6.25-rc1.gz or in the git tree and branch at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.6.y and the diffstat can be found below. thanks, greg k-h ------------- Pseudo-Shortlog of commits: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Linux 6.6.25-rc1 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Revert "workqueue.c: Increase workqueue name length" Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Revert "workqueue: Move pwq->max_active to wq->max_active" Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Revert "workqueue: Factor out pwq_is_empty()" Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Revert "workqueue: Replace pwq_activate_inactive_work() with [__]pwq_activate_work()" Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Revert "workqueue: Move nr_active handling into helpers" Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Revert "workqueue: Make wq_adjust_max_active() round-robin pwqs while activating" Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Revert "workqueue: RCU protect wq->dfl_pwq and implement accessors for it" Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Revert "workqueue: Introduce struct wq_node_nr_active" Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Revert "workqueue: Implement system-wide nr_active enforcement for unbound workqueues" Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Revert "workqueue: Don't call cpumask_test_cpu() with -1 CPU in wq_update_node_max_active()" Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Revert "workqueue: Shorten events_freezable_power_efficient name" ------------- Diffstat: Makefile | 4 +- include/linux/workqueue.h | 35 +-- kernel/workqueue.c | 757 ++++++++-------------------------------------- 3 files changed, 132 insertions(+), 664 deletions(-)