Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] x86/MCE/AMD: Don't report L1 BTB MCA errors on some Family 17h models

[Borislav Petkov]

On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 08:19:57PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 5.0.x: c95b323dcd35: x86/MCE/AMD: Turn off MC4_MISC thresholding on all family 0x15 models
> 
> What is this supposed to tell us?

That's stable speak from Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
for patch prerequisites:

"Additionally, some patches submitted via :ref:`option_1` may have additional
patch prerequisites which can be cherry-picked. This can be specified in the
following format in the sign-off area:

.. code-block:: none

     Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 3.3.x: a1f84a3: sched: Check for idle
     Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 3.3.x: 1b9508f: sched: Rate-limit newidle
     Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 3.3.x: fd21073: sched: Fix affinity logic
     Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 3.3.x
     Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>"

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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