Hi WEZH, well if commits are provided here, we expect that they make up the functionality described by the title and bug description, and can be taken as they are (cherry-picked) - and in case not a backport would be needed.
We cannot just (kind of blindly) pick all the commits up to a certain date - it's (very) unlikely that this will be acceptable by our kernel team (who reviews all submissions in detail). What's required (for a patch here, or for an sru) is a minimal set of patches that make up a logical functional unit (like here at the title: "Add User-defined EID (Enterprise ID) Support"). The code also needs to be upstream accepted (that's the case here) and in case of s390x code, it needs to be signed-off by you (actually by IBM, at the commit level - as usual), pre-tested - there must be confidence about the patch set - and the willingness to help maintaining it. Please notice that we discuss adding code to an upcoming LTS release that will need to be supported by up to 10 years. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1929060 Title: [22.04 FEAT] smc: Add User-defined EID (Enterprise ID) Support - kernel Status in Ubuntu on IBM z Systems: In Progress Status in linux package in Ubuntu: In Progress Bug description: Add a tool, tentatively titled smc_eid, to display and set EIDs. Should indicate SEIDs as such. Notes: * EIDs are uppercase only - we should silently convert to all uppercase * Check latest SLD for valid special characters. * Make sure only authorized users are allowed to modify EIDs - reading is OK for everybody, but writing requires authorization. * SEIDs can be disabled, but (obviously) not set. * EID config must be available on module load. * zOS sets the UEIDs globally, i.e. not separate SMC-D and SMC-R. Business Case: Required for users that need to strictly separate/prevent certain OS images from utilizing ISM devices for communication (Security). Furthermore, z/OS disables SEID per default, and will likely have users utilize fine-grained EIDs. Hence we need to be able to support UEIDs for compatibility. This feature is for the kernel part. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-z-systems/+bug/1929060/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
