Re: [PATCH 4.9 000/107] 4.9.120-stable review

[Sebastian Gottschall]

Am 15.08.2018 um 22:42 schrieb Linus Torvalds:
> It would definitely be helpful, since I'm already quite busy with the
> normal merge window work. Having the embargo for L1TF end just as the
> merge window opened wasn't all that convenient.

all good so far. i checked them all and i will see how my nightly build 
goes out which does compilation on alot of
mips, arm, powerpc etc. platforms

> Of course, I have my own "I will delay 4.18 by a week" to blame for the timing.
>
> So if you can find the places that break, and add the right header,
> and send me a patch for all the ones you find, that would be lovely.
will do so. but for now it seems that this was really the only one
> It's not necessarilky always <linux/io.h> or <linux/irq.h> that makes
> sense to add as an include. As mentioned, sometimes it's
> <linux/slab.h> or similar.

mmh why? i prefer to include the correct header which references the 
function or macro instead of adding
a header which finds the right way by multiple iterations. its more 
transparent


Sebastian