linux-kernel - Re: [patch 0/3] x86/pti: Fix various fallout

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Date:   Sat, 30 Dec 2017 22:35:55 +0100
From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...uxfoundation.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
Subject: Re: [patch 0/3] x86/pti: Fix various fallout


* Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:

> The small series fixes the recent fallout of the x86/pti merge:
> 
>  - Remove the stale local_flush_tlb() invocations from the CPU hotplug code
>     
>  - Remove the stale preempt_disable/enable() pair from __native_flush_tlb()
> 
>  - Fix a bogus free in the write_ldt() error path

Linus, I suspect -rc6 is imminent, and it would be nice to at least have the LDT 
error path fix in. I'll send you these fixes tomorrow, but feel free to pick it up 
from email if you wanted to release -rc6 today.

Thanks,

	Ingo