linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] x86/mm changes for v4.14: PCID support, 5-level paging support, Secure Memory Encryption support

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Date:   Thu, 7 Sep 2017 10:13:20 +0200
From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] x86/mm changes for v4.14: PCID support, 5-level
 paging support, Secure Memory Encryption support


* Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> wrote:

> 
> * Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 2:40 PM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hm, just as background, there are no regression reports I'm aware of
> > > against any of these trees, plus most of the dangerous commits have
> > > been in linux-next for at least two weeks - the majority of them even
> > > longer. The last 2-4 commits of x86/mm are fresher.
> > 
> > Side note: I do not believe a lot of people actually run linux-next on
> > laptops, so suspend/resume likely doesn't get a lot of testing in
> > next.
> > 
> > I think most people who run linux-next tend to be automation things on farms.
> 
> Yeah, so 10af6235e0d3 was in linux-next for over a month, yet no-one reported the 
> bug.

That was also smack in the middle of the vacation season on the northern 
hemisphere, which didn't help testing coverage either I suspect ...

In hindsight it was perhaps not the smartest thing from me to send three major 
hw-enablement features to you - although only PCID was the one that should have 
real widespread effects, and I did stage those changes pretty conservatively over 
several months. Hindsight is 20/20 ...

Thanks,

	Ingo