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SubjectRe: [PATCH -stable] x86,preempt: Fix preemption for i386
On Wed, Apr 09, 2014 at 12:19:31PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 09, 2014 at 07:36:23AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 7:24 AM, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm not entirely clear on how acceptable it is to propose a different
> > > patch for -stable than what we have upstream.
> >
> > It's not all that common, but it certainly happens.
> >
> > It's fine, as long as it mentions the commits that fix it upstream.
> > And as long as it's well tested, of course.
>
> I agree, I can take this as long as you say it's correct and tested...

As far as I understand the issue the patch is indeed correct and I have
3 independent people who confirm their previously reported issues are
now cured (as testified by the Tested-by tags).

There has also been confirmation that upstream does no longer suffer the
problem.


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