Re: [Qemu-stable] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 00/79] Patch Round-up for stable 2.9.1, freeze on 2017-09-04

[Michael Roth]

Quoting Thomas Huth (2017-08-28 21:18:20)
> On 29.08.2017 02:13, Michael Roth wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> > 
> > The following new patches are queued for QEMU stable v2.9.1:
> > 
> >   
> > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_mdroth_qemu_commits_stable-2D2.9-2Dstaging&d=DwIDaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=sThPI1c0u5x-3sg5Nw8wNqjg_5Z5xLzfPGC18E94zn8&m=Id5ItcTzhCqn35tC8JynLtLuRcfupmsTlJGwTYEDdIg&s=fqHIfooeKQPNEWX7AqyC93OMzAs-U-UwZ6Yu0trfn0Y&e=
> >  
> > 
> > The release is planned for 2017-09-07:
> > 
> >   
> > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__wiki.qemu.org_Planning_2.9&d=DwIDaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=sThPI1c0u5x-3sg5Nw8wNqjg_5Z5xLzfPGC18E94zn8&m=Id5ItcTzhCqn35tC8JynLtLuRcfupmsTlJGwTYEDdIg&s=RVxHUyHJDN1hk2AsMfiZmguXpEhz0pFHGijG75NIReY&e=
> >  
> > 
> > Please respond here or CC address@hidden on any patches you
> > think should be included in the release.
> 
> I'd like to suggest the following patches:
> 
> 601b9a9008c5a612d76073bb - target-s390x: Mask the SIGP order_code ...
> b7da97eef74bf834be244de0 - monitor: Check whether TCG is enabled ...
> 17eb587aeb492fe68f8130b0 - slirp: tftp, copy sockaddr_size
> 99efaa2696caaf6182958e27 - hw/s390x/ipl: Fix crash with ...
> 36bed541ca886da735bef1e8 - fix qemu-system-unicore32 crashing ...
> b190f477e29c7cd03a8fee49 - qemu-system-tricore: segfault when ...
> 8ccccff9dd7ba24c7a788611 - hw/ppc/spapr_rtc: Mark the RTC device ...
> 1f98e55385d11da1dc0de644 - hw/ppc/spapr_iommu: Fix crash when ...
> 
> Not sure, but maybe the following patch should be included, too, since
> there were some bogus files in the old version of the U-Boot sources:
> 
> 73663d71ef2bab201475d58e - PPC: E500: Update u-boot to v2017.07

Do you have more background on any issues caused by these bogus files?
As it stands I think I would opt not to update unless there are specific
user-visible bugs we're trying to address which warrant the risk of any
regressions which might get pulled in in the process.

> 
>  Thomas
>