Received-SPF: pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 209.132.180.67 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.132.180.67;
Date:   Wed, 27 Mar 2019 20:37:04 +0100 (CET)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
cc:     "Ghannam, Yazen" <Yazen.Ghannam@amd.com>,
        "linux-edac@vger.kernel.org" <linux-edac@vger.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
        "bp@suse.de" <bp@suse.de>,
        "tony.luck@intel.com" <tony.luck@intel.com>,
        "x86@kernel.org" <x86@kernel.org>,
        "rafal@milecki.pl" <rafal@milecki.pl>,
        "clemej@gmail.com" <clemej@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] x86/MCE/AMD: Don't report L1 BTB MCA errors on
 some Family 17h models
In-Reply-To: <20190327192940.GJ32571@zn.tnic>
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1903272036350.1789@nanos.tec.linutronix.de>
References: <20190325163410.171021-1-Yazen.Ghannam@amd.com> <20190325163410.171021-2-Yazen.Ghannam@amd.com> <alpine.DEB.2.21.1903272019190.1789@nanos.tec.linutronix.de> <20190327192940.GJ32571@zn.tnic>
User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (DEB 202 2017-01-01)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
Precedence: bulk

On Wed, 27 Mar 2019, Borislav Petkov wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 08:19:57PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > > Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 5.0.x: c95b323dcd35: x86/MCE/AMD: Turn off MC4_MISC thresholding on all family 0x15 models
> > 
> > What is this supposed to tell us?
> 
> That's stable speak from Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
> for patch prerequisites:
> 
> "Additionally, some patches submitted via :ref:`option_1` may have additional
> patch prerequisites which can be cherry-picked. This can be specified in the
> following format in the sign-off area:
> 
> .. code-block:: none
> 
>      Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 3.3.x: a1f84a3: sched: Check for idle
>      Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 3.3.x: 1b9508f: sched: Rate-limit newidle
>      Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 3.3.x: fd21073: sched: Fix affinity logic
>      Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 3.3.x
>      Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>"

Cute. Wasn't aware of that.

Thanks for the education!

       tglx