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

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Message-ID: <CAOAebxtr6fg+_qpCpotgcWyfAzDZEczZ3SuGHQkRSEE3MKh8Mg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 11 Jan 2018 13:40:22 -0500
From:   Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...cle.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        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>,
        Steve Sistare <steven.sistare@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.4 00/37] 4.4.110-stable review

If it is better to resubmit this patch via git send-email, please let me know.

Thank you,
Pavel

On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 1:36 PM, Pavel Tatashin
<pasha.tatashin@...cle.com> wrote:
> I have root caused the memory corruption panics/hangs that I've been
> experiencing during boot with the latest 4.4.110 kernel. The problem
> as was suspected by Andy Lutomirski is with interaction between PTI
> and EFI. It may affect any system that has EFI bios.  I have not
> verified if it can affect any other kernel beside 4.4.110
>
> Attached is the fix for this issue with explanations that Steve
> Sistare and I developed.