Hi Jan, > -----Original Message----- > From: Jan Beulich <[email protected]> > Subject: [4.17?] Re: [PATCH v3 0/5] x86/mwait-idle: (remaining) SPR + (new) > ADL support > > Henry, > > On 18.08.2022 15:02, Jan Beulich wrote: > > New changes have appeared in the meantime, in particular one partly > undoing > > what we still haven't merged (patch 1 here). > > > > 1: add 'preferred_cstates' module argument > > 2: add core C6 optimization for SPR > > 3: add AlderLake support > > 4: disable IBRS during long idle > > 5: make SPR C1 and C1E be independent > > just now acks have completed coming in for this series of ports of earlier > Linux commits. This all targets newer hardware which of course we'd like > to properly support with 4.17. Unfortunately the series was kind of lost > with all the security work which had been ongoing. Therefore I'd like to > ask (in part also motivated by Andrew to do so) that you consider still > allowing in this series. In the (I think) not very likely case of problems > (first and foremost because of the changes coming from Linux, rather than > being homegrown) people always have the option of simply turning off the > use of this driver on their systems.
I just checked the x86 gitlab board for the list and saw this series is on it. So yes, please add my release ack. For now we still have 2 weeks before the release and I think that would be a reasonable time for bugs to emerge. To set expectations I am personally be more conservative in between the RC3 to RC4 week, because the fear of last minute bugs. Kind regards, Henry > > Thanks, Jan
