query on whether a kernel patch is backported

[Darren R. Davis]

Hello,

As a note, our kernel sources are publicly available, so you can check 
and see if patches are there or not:

https://kernel.suse.com/

Cheers,

Darren

On 3/24/22 5:04 PM, Lehmann, Greg (IM&T, Pullenvale) wrote:
>
> Nice! Is there any chance of it being backported in SLES 15 SP3?
>
> Regards,
>
> Greg
>
> **
>
> *From:*Libor Pechacek <LPechacek at suse.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, March 25, 2022 12:06 AM
> *To:* Vincent Moutoussamy <vmoutoussamy at suse.com>; Lehmann, Greg 
> (IM&T, Pullenvale) <Greg.Lehmann at csiro.au>; sle-beta at lists.suse.com
> *Cc:* Michal Svec <msvec at suse.com>
> *Subject:* Re: query on whether a kernel patch is backported
>
> Hi Vincent,
>
> you are right that in this phase of the SLE development cycle we are 
> strict about which changes enter the kernel codebase. So, such a patch 
> might have to wait either post-release or for the next service pack.
>
> In this particular case, however, the situation is different. The fix 
> was originally developed in SUSE and simultaneously ported to SLE 
> <https://github.com/openSUSE/kernel-source/commit/6c87519eef5f11f3baed0b613644967392a92e10> 
> and posted upstream. As a result, SLE 15 SP4 received the change 
> earlier than the mainline kernel and the optimization has been part of 
> the beta releases.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Libor
>
> -- 
>
> Libor Pechacek
>
> SUSE Labs                    Remember to have fun...
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> *From:*Vincent Moutoussamy <vmoutoussamy at suse.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 24, 2022 10:51 AM
> *To:* Lehmann, Greg (IM&T, Pullenvale) <Greg.Lehmann at csiro.au>; 
> sle-beta at lists.suse.com <sle-beta at lists.suse.com>; Libor Pechacek 
> <LPechacek at suse.com>
> *Cc:* Michal Svec <msvec at suse.com>
> *Subject:* Re: query on whether a kernel patch is backported
>
> Hi there,
>
> This patch looks too recent to me for being included in 15SP4, but I’m 
> no expert.
>
> @Libor Pechacek <mailto:LPechacek at suse.com> we need your help, could 
> you please comment?
>
> Thanks and have a nice day everyone,
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Vincent Moutoussamy
> SUSE Beta Program Manager
>
> JeOS Technical Project Manager
>
> SLE Container Module Project Manager
> Paris, France
>
> *From: *sle-beta 
> <sle-beta-bounces+vmoutoussamy=suse.com at lists.suse.com> on behalf of 
> Lehmann, Greg (IM&T, Pullenvale) <Greg.Lehmann at csiro.au>
> *Date: *Wednesday, 23 March 2022 at 01:05
> *To: *sle-beta at lists.suse.com <sle-beta at lists.suse.com>
> *Subject: *query on whether a kernel patch is backported
>
> Hi SuSE,
>
>                 This article references a nice code change that could 
> help our Milan HPC cluster quite a bit, I think. Are there plans to 
> have it included in SLES 15 SP4?
>
> https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux-imbalance-epyc&num=1 
> <https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux-imbalance-epyc&num=1>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Greg
>
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