On Wed, Nov 20, 2024 at 3:21 PM Dave Hansen dave.hansen@intel.com wrote:
I'm not going to lose sleep over it, but as a policy, I think we should backport CPU fixes to all the stable kernels. I don't feel like I have a good enough handle on what kernels folks run on new systems to make a prediction.
FWIW, I sent a backport of a slightly earlier version of this patch, but all I got back was vitriol about violating the kernel Documentation on sending to stable.
Maybe a native english speaker could re-write that Documentation, so that a native english speaker can understand it? Or better yet, somebody can write a script or update checkpatch so that developers can more likely avoid the Soup Nazi treatment?
ie. I agree with you, and I'm happy to help, but it isn't clear how.
Len Brown, Intel