RE: [PATCH Bugfix 1/4] x86/xsave.c: Fix xstate offsets and sizes enumeration

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Tue Apr 21 2015 - 10:28:35 EST


On Tue, 21 Apr 2015, Yu, Fenghua wrote:
> > This is a regular hardware enablement or are you saying that this is backport
> > material?
>
> I would like the patch to be backported to distros or stable kernel because
> we may really see the issue in near future if it's not backported.

Then you should clearly explain that in a 0/N cover mail which
describes the scope and impact of the patch series. That way more
useful than a screaming BUGFIX prefix.

Thanks,

tglx
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