Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758830AbbBHASi (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Feb 2015 19:18:38 -0500 Received: from mail-qg0-f53.google.com ([209.85.192.53]:40039 "EHLO mail-qg0-f53.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755350AbbBHASh (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Feb 2015 19:18:37 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1117480383.90061.1423348244225.JavaMail.zimbra@efficios.com> References: <1423274934-10625-1-git-send-email-mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> <20150207221625.GB31119@kroah.com> <1117480383.90061.1423348244225.JavaMail.zimbra@efficios.com> From: Matt Turner Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2015 16:18:14 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] llist: Fix missing lockless_dereference() To: Mathieu Desnoyers Cc: Greg KH , linux-alpha , Richard Henderson , Ivan Kokshaysky , Huang Ying , LKML , Paul McKenney , David Howells , Pranith Kumar , stable@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1754 Lines: 43 On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 2:30 PM, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Greg KH" >> To: "Mathieu Desnoyers" >> Cc: "Huang Ying" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Paul McKenney" , >> "David Howells" , "Pranith Kumar" , stable@vger.kernel.org >> Sent: Saturday, February 7, 2015 5:16:25 PM >> Subject: Re: [PATCH] llist: Fix missing lockless_dereference() >> >> On Fri, Feb 06, 2015 at 09:08:21PM -0500, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: >> > A lockless_dereference() appears to be missing in llist_del_first(). >> > It should only matter for Alpha in practice. >> >> Meta-comment, do we really care about Alpha anymore? Is it still >> consered an "active" arch we support? I haven't seen a single >> alpha-related stable patch in _years_ if at all, which implies to me >> that no one is even using it. >> >> Not that stable patches for architectures are a valid reference for how >> much they are used, but it does give me a good indication of what arches >> have users that actually care about a modern (i.e. within the past 5 >> years) kernel. > > Good question. Adding the Alpha maintainers to the CC. > > Thanks, > > Mathieu Hello, Yes, Gentoo has a maintained Alpha port. We care about having modern kernels (though I have not personally had a lot of time to work on that recently) Thanks, Matt -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/