From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.5 required=3.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BE2FC43387 for ; Fri, 21 Dec 2018 11:07:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 341A820866 for ; Fri, 21 Dec 2018 11:07:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1732408AbeLULHU (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Dec 2018 06:07:20 -0500 Received: from m9785.mail.qiye.163.com ([220.181.97.85]:37728 "EHLO m9785.mail.qiye.163.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725868AbeLULHR (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Dec 2018 06:07:17 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 429 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Fri, 21 Dec 2018 06:07:16 EST Received: from localhost (unknown [124.65.100.10]) by m9785.mail.qiye.163.com (Hmail) with ESMTPA id 917F55C18BA; Fri, 21 Dec 2018 19:00:05 +0800 (CST) Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 19:00:05 +0800 From: WANG Chao To: Borislav Petkov Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, Peter Zijlstra , Zhenzhong Duan , Thomas Gleixner , David Woodhouse , Daniel Borkmann , "H . Peter Anvin" , Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk , Andy Lutomirski , Masahiro Yamada , Michal Marek , srinivas.eeda@oracle.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] treewide: replace RETPOLINE with CONFIG_RETPOLINE Message-ID: <20181221110005.GA39267@WANG-Chaos-MacBook-Pro.local> References: <20181210163725.95977-1-chao.wang@ucloud.cn> <20181221093347.GA88654@WANG-Chaos-MacBook-Pro.local> <20181221104705.GA4750@zn.tnic> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20181221104705.GA4750@zn.tnic> User-Agent: Mutt/1.11.1 (2018-12-01) X-HM-Spam-Status: e1kIGBQJHllBS1VLV1koWUFJQjdXWS1ZQUlXWQkOFx4IWUFZMjUtOjcyP0 FLVUtZBg++ X-HM-Sender-Digest: e1kMHhlZQR0aFwgeV1kSHx4VD1lBWUc6NC46GSo4IzkDNz4OQkILMCxM GSEwCTRVSlVKTk9OSEJLS0tOTUJMVTMWGhIXVRgTGhRVDBoVHDsOGBcUDh9VGBVFWVdZEgtZQVlK SU9VTU5VSktLVUpLWVdZCAFZQUhJSU83Bg++ X-HM-Tid: 0a67d06c1d6a2087kuqy917f55c18ba Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 12/21/18 at 11:47P, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 05:33:47PM +0800, WANG Chao wrote: > > On 12/11/18 at 12:37P, WANG Chao wrote: > > > Since commit 4cd24de3a098 ("x86/retpoline: Make CONFIG_RETPOLINE depend > > > on compiler support"), RETPOLINE has been replaced by CONFIG_RETPOLINE. > > > > > > Fixes: 4cd24de3a098 ("x86/retpoline: Make CONFIG_RETPOLINE depend on compiler support") > > > Signed-off-by: WANG Chao > > > > ping ... > > This one somehow slipped through the cracks... :-\ > > Ok, let's see: this could be relevant for the case when a module built > with a compiler which doesn't support retpolines, gets loaded on a > system which is built with retpolines. You're right. > > Which is pretty seldom as the majority of setups out there should have > a retpoline-enabled compiler. And should not allow loading external > modules anyway, but that's a different story. > > So, this close to the merge window, I'm inclined to delay this one after > it and have it take the x86/urgent fixes path. Unless someone screams > and says that patch breaks his system. I haven't seen any reports about > it so far so... OK. Thanks. WANG Chao