linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3.18 04/84] x86_64, switch_to(): Load TLS descriptors before switching DS and ES

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Message-ID: <20150108012730.GB23167@kroah.com>
Date:	Wed, 7 Jan 2015 17:27:30 -0800
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.18 04/84] x86_64, switch_to(): Load TLS descriptors
 before switching DS and ES

On Wed, Jan 07, 2015 at 04:26:37PM +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> On 01/07/2015, 02:49 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > 3.18-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> 
> Greg, Andi raised an objection against this one for 3.12 which still
> holds here and for other trees:
> https://www.mail-archive.com/stable@vger.kernel.org/msg106471.html
> 
> Quoting:
> On 01/06/2015, 07:53 PM, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > IMHO this is not stable material. Significant risk you broke
> > something obscure, and it's not clear it fixes any real problem.
> >
> > At least wait some more time first.
> 
> Thanks.

I've now responded to that thread, thanks.

greg k-h
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