Re: [stable] [PATCH 2/3] um: Add support for 64 bit atomic operations

[Richard Weinberger]

Am Mittwoch 20 April 2011, 16:27:02 schrieb Greg KH:
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 01:34:25PM +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> > This adds support for 64 bit atomic operations on
> > 32 bit UML systems.
> > XFS needs them since 2.6.38.
> > 
> > Reported-by: Martin Walch <walch.martin@xxxxxx>
> > Tested-by: Martin Walch <walch.martin@xxxxxx>
> > Cc: Martin Walch <walch.martin@xxxxxx>
> > Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxx> # .38.x 084189a: um: disable CONFIG_CMPXCHG_LOCAL
> 
> Why is this a stable patch?

Because it fixes a build error in 2.6.38.
See: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32812

Thanks,
//richard

> confused,
> 
> greg k-h

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