Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758730AbbBHA3r (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Feb 2015 19:29:47 -0500 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:32902 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756039AbbBHA3o (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Feb 2015 19:29:44 -0500 Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2015 08:29:39 +0800 From: Greg KH To: Matt Turner Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers , linux-alpha , Richard Henderson , Ivan Kokshaysky , Huang Ying , LKML , Paul McKenney , David Howells , Pranith Kumar , stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] llist: Fix missing lockless_dereference() Message-ID: <20150208002939.GA2504@kroah.com> References: <1423274934-10625-1-git-send-email-mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> <20150207221625.GB31119@kroah.com> <1117480383.90061.1423348244225.JavaMail.zimbra@efficios.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1965 Lines: 46 On Sat, Feb 07, 2015 at 04:18:14PM -0800, Matt Turner wrote: > 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) Ok, fair enough, thanks for letting me know. I guess we can't drop it just yet :) greg k-h -- 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/