Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 Apr 2014 19:50:48 -0400 (EDT) | From | Nicolas Pitre <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] change ARM linux memory layout to support 32 CPUs |
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On Tue, 22 Apr 2014, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 07:06:05PM +0800, Liu Hua wrote: > > This patch series change fixmap mapping region to suppport 32 CPUs. > > Because the "top_pmd" covers 0xfffe0000 - 0xffffffff(2M). And part > > is used by vector table. So I move this region down to 0xffc00000 > > - 0xffdffff. > > Can you explain why you have submitted these patches to my patch tracker > with a copy to stable@vger.kernel.org ? > > What makes these qualify for stable tree inclusion? What regression are > they fixing? > > We don't put patches into the stable tree for things that /never/ worked > in the past. We've never supported 32 CPUs so I don't think these > qualify.
Indeed. The stable qualifier should be dropped.
Nicolas
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