linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.4 00/37] 4.4.110-stable review

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Date:   Thu, 11 Jan 2018 14:59:19 -0800
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Steven Sistare <steven.sistare@...cle.com>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...cle.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>, Thomas Voegtle <tv@...96.de>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>, patches@...nelci.org,
        Ben Hutchings <ben.hutchings@...ethink.co.uk>,
        lkft-triage@...ts.linaro.org, stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.4 00/37] 4.4.110-stable review

On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 2:42 PM, Steven Sistare
<steven.sistare@...cle.com> wrote:
>
> Yes, and addressing Linus' concern about EFI_OLD_MEMMAP, those paths are
> independent of it.  When EFI_OLD_MMAP is enabled, the efi pgd is not
> used, and the bug will not bite.

Ok, good. Thanks for checking.

               Linus