Re: [PATCH v6 00/13] x86/bugs: Add a separate config for each mitigation

From: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: jpoimboe@kernel.org, mingo@redhat.com, tglx@linutronix.de,
	bp@alien8.de, x86@kernel.org, leit@meta.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com,
	bpf@vger.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 00/13] x86/bugs: Add a separate config for each mitigation
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 06:12:42 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZjDuSkXi2D01DK1y@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZZ7c9EbJ71zU5TOF@gmail.com>

Hello Ingo,

On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 07:07:48PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org> wrote:
> 
> > > Yeah, so:
> > > 
> > >  - I took this older series and updated it to current upstream, and made
> > >    sure all renames were fully done: there were two new Kconfig option
> > >    uses, which I integrated into the series. (Sorry about the delay, holiday & stuff.)
> > > 
> > >  - I also widened the renames to comments and messages, which were not
> > >    always covered.
> > > 
> > >  - Then I took this cover letter and combined it with a more high level
> > >    description of the reasoning behind this series I wrote up, and added it
> > >    to patch #1. (see it below.)
> > > 
> > >  - Then I removed the changelog repetition from the other patches and just
> > >    referred them back to patch #1.
> > > 
> > >  - Then I stuck the resulting updated series into tip:x86/bugs, without the 
> > >    last 3 patches that modify behavior.
> > 
> > Thanks for your work. I am currently reviwing the tip branch and the
> > merge seems go so far.
> > 
> > Regarding the last 3 patches, what are the next steps?
> 
> Please resubmit them in a few days (with Josh's Acked-by added and any 
> fixes/enhancements done along the way), on top of tip:x86/bugs.

I've sent the commits on top of the latest mitigations. Have you had a
chance to see them?

	https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240422165830.2142904-1-leitao@debian.org/

PS: I took the opportunity to break them down, one per mitigation, so, it
could simplify the patch management.

Thanks