Re: [RFC GIT PULL rcu/next] RCU/hotplug fix

[Paul E. McKenney]

On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 09:53:20AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Jeffrey Hugo <jhugo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > > > This commit has been exposed to 0day test robot and -next testing
> > > > and is available in the git repository at:
> > > > 
> > > >    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu.git for-mingo
> > > > 
> > > > for you to fetch changes up to a58163d8ca2c8d288ee9f95989712f98473a5ac2:
> > > > 
> > > >    rcu: Migrate callbacks earlier in the CPU-offline timeline (2017-07-25 13:03:43 -0700)
> > > > 
> > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > Paul E. McKenney (1):
> > > >        rcu: Migrate callbacks earlier in the CPU-offline timeline
> > > > 
> > > >   include/linux/rcupdate.h |   1 +
> > > >   kernel/cpu.c             |   1 +
> > > >   kernel/rcu/tree.c        | 209 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
> > > >   3 files changed, 115 insertions(+), 96 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > Pulled, thanks Paul!
> > > 
> > > 	Ingo
> > > 
> > 
> > Ingo,
> > 
> > We've been keeping an eye on this fix, so I'm trying to ascertain it's status.  
> > For my information, is this expected to hit Linus' tree in 4.13, or wait until 
> > the 4.14 merge window?
> 
> It's for v4.14, it's a pretty large (and thus risky) commit that came in 
> relatively late. If it's problem-free it can be sent to -stable.
> 
> If Paul insists I can try and send it to Linus, but it's getting fairly late
> in the cycle.

Hugo, I was interpreting your email of August 22nd as meaning that
the problem no longer existed in mainline:

https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=150343524911301&w=2

If my interpretation is correct, then this commit can wait until the
upcoming merge window.  As Ingo says, I can send patches to -stable
(and backporting is required, BTW).

If my interpretation is incorrect, please let me know what the situation
really is.

							Thanx, Paul