From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.linutronix.de (146.0.238.70:993) by crypto-ml.lab.linutronix.de with IMAP4-SSL for ; 15 Feb 2019 07:06:38 -0000 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]) by Galois.linutronix.de with esmtps (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1guXa0-0002sA-E0 for speck@linutronix.de; Fri, 15 Feb 2019 08:06:36 +0100 Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 08:06:13 +0100 From: Greg KH Subject: [MODERATED] Re: [PATCH v5 00/27] MDSv5 19 Message-ID: <20190215070613.GF14473@kroah.com> References: <20190213223332.GL4516@lindsey> <20190214165355.GM16922@tassilo.jf.intel.com> <20190214180021.GB11103@kroah.com> <20190214183359.GT16922@tassilo.jf.intel.com> <20190214185242.GB19664@kroah.com> <20190214195041.GX16922@tassilo.jf.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20190214195041.GX16922@tassilo.jf.intel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: speck@linutronix.de List-ID: On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 11:50:41AM -0800, speck for Andi Kleen wrote: > > Of course that's not ok. > > Okay. That's easy to say. > > No regression anywhere, not even for any ISA driver. Don't be silly, or melodramatic please. Be realistic. Slowing the whole kernel down for an ill-defined problem is not ok. You know that. > But then of course that turned the still relatively simple patchkit into > a gigantic boondoggle of all tree driver audits and constant maintenance > and education of all driver maintainers. Again we offered to help, if you would just answer the questions that were asked. Best of luck, greg k-h