Re: [PATCH 4.16 234/279] x86/pkeys/selftests: Adjust the self-test to fresh distros that export the pkeys ABI

On 06/18/2018 10:13 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:

4.16-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

So I was wondering, why backport such a considerable number of *selftests* to stable, given the stable policy? Surely selftests don't affect the kernel itself breaking for users?

Thanks, Vlastimil