Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 13 Jul 2012 07:58:43 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/8] ntp: Fix STA_INS/DEL clearing bug |
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* John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> wrote:
> From: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> > > In commit 6b43ae8a619d17c4935c3320d2ef9e92bdeed05d, I > introduced a bug that kept the STA_INS or STA_DEL bit > from being cleared from time_status via adjtimex() > without forcing STA_PLL first. > > Usually once the STA_INS is set, it isn't cleared > until the leap second is applied, so its unlikely this > affected anyone. However during testing I noticed it > took some effort to cancel a leap second once STA_INS > was set. > > This issue affects 3.4 and up. > > Since this isn't urgent (issue is only observed in testing, > the behavior doesn't affect ntpd, nor is a leapsecond due > for at least ~6 months), and we're late in the 3.5-rc > cycle, I'm holding this off for 3.6 merge window, > where I'll then backport to 3.5-stable and 3.4-stable.
> CC: stable@vger.kernel.org
We generally don't do such a workflow. Either it's valid for tip:timers/urgent and it can have a -stable tag, or it should not be backported, and not have a -stable tag.
The rule is: if it's important enough for -stable then it's doubly important for the current -rc kernel!
Thanks,
Ingo
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