linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/10] x86/fpu: Split up "x86/fpu: Tighten validation of user-supplied xstate

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFwQej0D9Fpp4sgEdajdJkDf55zi7t8mUP0=jctyjtKb4A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 24 Sep 2017 11:04:02 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10] x86/fpu: Split up "x86/fpu: Tighten validation of
 user-supplied xstate_header"

On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 3:59 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> wrote:
> As mentioned before, the patch was too big and too complex, and I've split it
> up into 10 smaller, bisectable patches:

Is this the (updated) stuff you want to send in for 4.14? Because I
like this smaller set more tor that than the big series I saw earlier.

I'm sure the bigger series is a better cleanup, but maybe we can wait
with that bigger change for 4.15?

             Linus