linux-kernel - Re: [GIT pull] x86 fixes for 4.7

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Date:	Sat, 25 Jun 2016 06:49:09 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT pull] x86 fixes for 4.7

On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 1:25 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
>
> please pull the latest x86-urgent-for-linus git tree from:

Nope.

> This update contains:
>
>   - The final fix for the hibernation resume path which addresses the observed
>     crashes which were exposed by a recent change which sets NX on gap pages.

I'm pretty sure that's not the final fix. And that it caused more
problems than it fixed, afaik.

Adding Rafael to the cc to verify.

Rafael, this is the "odd restore_pgd_addr and extra TLB flush" patch.

               Linus