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=-2.2 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no 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 9ED96C3A5A1 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2019 22:18:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7919E22DA7 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2019 22:18:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727340AbfH1WS3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Aug 2019 18:18:29 -0400 Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.26.193]:58257 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727065AbfH1WS1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Aug 2019 18:18:27 -0400 Received: by atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz (Postfix, from userid 512) id 680128051E; Thu, 29 Aug 2019 00:18:11 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 00:18:24 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Thomas Gleixner Cc: corbet@lwn.net, LKML , Linus Torvalds , x86@kernel.org, Peter Zijlstra , Jiri Kosina , Josh Poimboeuf , Dave Hansen , Andy Lutomirski , Greg KH , Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk , David Woodhouse , Tom Lendacky , Paolo Bonzini , Joerg Roedel , Tony Luck , Salvatore Bonaccorso , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch] Fix up l1ft documentation was Re: Taking a break - time to look back Message-ID: <20190828221824.GB24056@amd> References: <20190102235152.GA24163@amd> <20190311102109.GA14118@amd> <20190311131341.GA28223@amd> <20190312115757.GA29955@amd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="A6N2fC+uXW/VQSAv" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --A6N2fC+uXW/VQSAv Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi! > On Tue, 12 Mar 2019, Pavel Machek wrote: > > On Mon 2019-03-11 23:31:08, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > > Calling this a lie is a completly unjustified personal attack on thos= e who > >=20 > > So how should it be called? I initally used less strong words, only to > > get "Care to tell what's a lie instead of making bold statements?" > > back. Also look at the timing of the thread. >=20 > You called it a lie from the very beginning or what do you think made me > tell you that? Here is what you said: Actually, I still call it a lie. Document clearly says that bug is fixed in non-virtualized cases, when in fact it depends on PAE and limited memory. > If you want to provide more accurate documentation then you better come up > with something which is helpful instead of completely useless blurb like > the below: At this point I want you to fix it yourself. Lying about security bugs being fixed when they are not is not cool. I tried to be helpful and submit a patch, but I don't feel like you are cooperating on getting the patch applied. > > + Mitigation is present in kernels v4.19 and newer, and in > > + recent -stable kernels. PAE needs to be enabled for mitigation to > > + work. >=20 > No. The mitigation is available when the kernel provides it. Numbers are > irrelevant because that documentation has to be applicable for stable > kernels as well. And what is a recent -stable kernel? >=20 > Also the PAE part needs to go to a completely different section. Best regards, Pavel --=20 DENX Software Engineering GmbH, Managing Director: Wolfgang Denk HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany --A6N2fC+uXW/VQSAv Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAl1m/bAACgkQMOfwapXb+vKFyACffq6XkJvAWQwUcLfh9KmQ9cn3 tdYAoJ+7fLiag86nhWVARzGKq5ICLBjw =PtcO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --A6N2fC+uXW/VQSAv--