Re: [PATCH 3.18 132/134] rcu: Do RCU GP kthread self-wakeup from softirq and interrupt

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Thu Mar 28 2019 - 09:21:39 EST


On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 06:28:26AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 01:36:12AM +0000, Zhang, Jun wrote:
> > Hello, Paul
> >
> > Yes, I only use original V3.18.136 to test. Because system run very slowly, I give up.
> >
> > Device: NUC (made in 2017)
> > OS: ubuntu 16.04
> > Kernel: V3.18.136 (come from https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.18.136/)
> > System can boot, but run very slowly, and couldn't connect the network.
> > This make me not to work with terminal, because system very slowly.
> > So I donât use V3.18.136+patch to test.
>
> Please do not worry about 3.18.y if it is any problem, I only keep it
> alive for a few users and if they have not reported issues yet, it is
> fine. Please do not do any extra work for this kernel tree at all, it
> is just too old :)

Very good. ;-)

>From what I can see, if 3.18.y works for them, then 3.18.y+patch
should also work for them.

Thanx, Paul