linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c: don't apply the lahf

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Date:   Fri, 21 Jul 2017 14:28:57 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm-ML <kvm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c: don't apply the lahf_lm workaround
 in a hypervisor

On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 07:34:59AM -0400, Mikulas Patocka wrote:
> (and I can't use kernels newer that 4.4 on the host machine because of 
> broken hibernation)

And what do we do with upstream patches which we need in older kernels?

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Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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