Re: [PATCH 6.6 000/341] 6.6.48-rc1 review

[Alexander Lobakin]

From: Wang Yugui <wangyugui@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 22:35:27 +0800

> Hi,
> 
>> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.6.48 release.
>> There are 341 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
>> to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
>> let me know.
>>
>> Responses should be made by Thu, 29 Aug 2024 14:37:36 +0000.
>> Anything received after that time might be too late.
>>
>> The whole patch series can be found in one patch at:
>> 	https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/stable-review/patch-6.6.48-rc1.gz
>> or in the git tree and branch at:
>> 	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.6.y
>> and the diffstat can be found below.
> 
> We need a patch
> 	upsteam:  0a04ff09bcc39e0044190ffe9f00f998f13647c
> 	From: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@xxxxxxxxx>
> 	Subject: tools: move alignment-related macros to new <linux/align.h>
> to fix the new build error.
> 	tools/include/linux/bitmap.h: In function 'bitmap_zero':
> 	tools/include/linux/bitmap.h:28:29: warning: implicit declaration of
> 	function 'ALIGN' [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
>  #define bitmap_size(nbits) (ALIGN(nbits, BITS_PER_LONG) / BITS_PER_BYTE)

Patch 29/341 and its dependencies 26-28 is an improvement, not a fix. Do
we need it in the LTS kernels? I'm fine with that, just asking as
usually LTSes only receive critical fixes :>

> 
> Best Regards
> Wang Yugui (wangyugui@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
> 2024/08/28

Thanks,
Olek