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=-1.1 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS 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 9BAD3C4332B for ; Tue, 24 Mar 2020 09:41:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 714EF20775 for ; Tue, 24 Mar 2020 09:41:31 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1585042891; bh=3afcWwst+W5PNQxjjXTCKuGiIHeDOoMCIbE1+Y9EAxA=; h=References:In-Reply-To:From:Date:Subject:To:Cc:List-ID:From; b=FJOtS3bLzr/MH4sDh7vtiZ3Q5xvs1jjjyUjoKzaPNhxyUgyOsGAsvaxry1RaKGXr3 bxYoinKw98hO2ct4VaFz1GDWQNNWjFz89rvJlXrb6bNK7IiApXBMVHrt3n0aJYX/vj tDw+Cg3W+Wr9idDw+PXWorRA4uSEF+Maf+ViDkyE= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727163AbgCXJla (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Mar 2020 05:41:30 -0400 Received: from conssluserg-01.nifty.com ([210.131.2.80]:34157 "EHLO conssluserg-01.nifty.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726129AbgCXJla (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Mar 2020 05:41:30 -0400 Received: from mail-vs1-f49.google.com (mail-vs1-f49.google.com [209.85.217.49]) (authenticated) by conssluserg-01.nifty.com with ESMTP id 02O9fLgg032455 for ; Tue, 24 Mar 2020 18:41:22 +0900 DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.10.3 conssluserg-01.nifty.com 02O9fLgg032455 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=nifty.com; s=dec2015msa; t=1585042882; bh=82BgOMSoaTDtOIOOtwd7fbpbY84K58yiAstJ896NIdc=; h=References:In-Reply-To:From:Date:Subject:To:Cc:From; b=OYAxlqJy7nn954mLzzfxgmAW3hKo6pBq5nI634Njtgqgoo8tpOYDlyHHX0Zgd4ICX uIjYrLmxNd4TEuyPHliEl9rvbgHDaQJojkyFlvIaqURWyoqLBMve2YA+DooAPFGiLm pk+FY9zLpEs6FG+KUR9bVnie2G1WXHsmGHUtWtRPBLTkHA4aHJy3TotDIRAR/TiQ+2 Fxfjm43oPU90ycD0uSzPKKdLTj9HPwNr/U6kFxhHmEDfKK/WKp+4/8ULCBhmllfM+Z A3S8Hr224F40Jtdf3VzBPKhFvJNqGSgv5GJjvnnr9bSRR5v5Mn5aT3fa9IFV4Yevo9 MU6P9CwXKHXNQ== X-Nifty-SrcIP: [209.85.217.49] Received: by mail-vs1-f49.google.com with SMTP id n6so10716080vsc.3 for ; Tue, 24 Mar 2020 02:41:22 -0700 (PDT) X-Gm-Message-State: ANhLgQ0gM5TXXeThZsAaIu9we1Ek4ulLKCyk8FbUVD0J7Yw0cH2QU7Rv qhAHdzVtyLP1aAKPJpBH6S1yoK86dg/9TutgnxE= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADFU+vvGbvure8KQmFyl8bvowVopMrrBg3plzS806cRmX33yAFXCtGaS6MbeXjAEgdJVECX0kR9Zakymvopx22Nv4Uw= X-Received: by 2002:a67:2d55:: with SMTP id t82mr18517511vst.215.1585042880978; Tue, 24 Mar 2020 02:41:20 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20200113161310.GA191743@rani.riverdale.lan> <20200113195337.604646-1-nivedita@alum.mit.edu> <202001131750.C1B8468@keescook> <20200114165135.GK31032@zn.tnic> <20200115002131.GA3258770@rani.riverdale.lan> <20200115122458.GB20975@zn.tnic> <20200316160259.GN26126@zn.tnic> <20200323204454.GA2611336@zx2c4.com> <202003231350.7D35351@keescook> <20200324091437.GB22931@zn.tnic> In-Reply-To: <20200324091437.GB22931@zn.tnic> From: Masahiro Yamada Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 18:40:44 +0900 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/changes: Raise minimum supported binutils version to 2.23 To: Borislav Petkov Cc: Kees Cook , "Jason A. Donenfeld" , Arvind Sankar , "H. Peter Anvin" , Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar , X86 ML , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Thomas Lendacky , Mauro Rossi , Michael Matz Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 6:14 PM Borislav Petkov wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 06:02:02PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > > Borislav, > > > > When I forwarded this patch, I fixed up one more line. > > (changes.rst duplicates the same information...) > > > > Please see this. I hope this should be OK. > > https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1214519/ > > Thanks. > > However, I wanted to queue this patch *after* 5.7-rc1 and so that it > lands in 5.8 and so that it has a maximum cycle in testing - well, it is > not really testing but getting more people to see it and have the chance > to complain - and not queue it now. > > I did some searching on distrowatch.com last night and the couple of > distros shipping binutils 2.23 I saw, were already EOL but the search > was not exhaustive. OK, if we take time for this decision, we can drop 14/16 and 15/16 for now. > And from looking at your patchset, I think it should get the max time > testing in linux-next too, so that we have time to address any build > issues it might uncover. Linus was positive to have this for 5.7 https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/3/21/262 I hope 01-13 will get merged for the next MW. We still have a couple of weeks to test it in -next. > IMO. > > -- > Regards/Gruss, > Boris. > > https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette -- Best Regards Masahiro Yamada