[MODERATED] Re: The Annnoying Affair has No eXcuses - Bulletin #2

Ben Hutchings <[email protected]> Mon, 04 Nov 2019 18:52:40 +0000

Newsgroups	org.kernel.lore.historical-speck
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

On Mon, 2019-11-04 at 13:09 +0100, speck for Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> I've merged Linus tree into master to pick up the KVM fix and applied
> Paolo's V9 series. The commits are considered stable from now on. Any
> further tweaks need to go on top.
> 
> The stable branches linux-5.3.y, linux-4.19.y and linix-4.14.y have been
> updated to the latest stable and the fallout in the backports of TAA has
> been fixed.
> 
> The non KVM parts of the NX series has been backported to them. Paolo will
> provide the KVM backports including the commits which need to be
> additionally backported as prerequisites for 5.3, 4.19 and 4.14.

Based on a quick comparison between your 4.19 branch and mine:

* You've included "x86/cpu: Add Atom Tremont (Jacobsville)" and
"x86/cpu: Add Tremont to the cpu vulnerability whitelist", but Paolo
seemed to say these weren't worth adding so I've dropped them.

* Your backport of "KVM: x86: use Intel speculation bugs and features
as derived in generic x86 code" is messed up; at least the indentation
is wrong.

* I backported commit 3ff519f29d98 "KVM: x86: adjust kvm_mmu_page
member to save 8 bytes" as this made it easier to apply the other
changes in arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h.

Ben.

> The changes are available as usual from:
> 
>   cvs.ou.linutronix.de:linux/speck/linux  
> 
> Git bundle for the master branch is attached. Applies on top of 5.4-rc6.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>         tglx
-- 
Ben Hutchings
Design a system any fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it.

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