linux-kernel - Re: [tip:x86/pti] x86/cpu/AMD: Use LFENCE_RDTSC instead of MFENCE

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Date:   Mon, 8 Jan 2018 11:25:33 +0100 (CET)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     "Woodhouse, David" <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: [tip:x86/pti] x86/cpu/AMD: Use LFENCE_RDTSC instead of
 MFENCE_RDTSC

On Mon, 8 Jan 2018, Woodhouse, David wrote:

> On Mon, 2018-01-08 at 11:08 +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > I'm dropping these patches until this question is answered.
> 
> I've rebased my retpoline tree on top of tip/x86/pti from before those
> patches (from my BUG_SPECTRE_Vx patch).

That's not a problem. They still apply