linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.9 00/92] 4.9.81-stable review

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Message-ID: <1518974732.2542.1.camel@debian.org>
Date:   Sun, 18 Feb 2018 18:25:32 +0100
From:   Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@...ian.org>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, shuahkh@....samsung.com,
        patches@...nelci.org, ben.hutchings@...ethink.co.uk,
        lkft-triage@...ts.linaro.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.9 00/92] 4.9.81-stable review

On Sat, 2018-02-17 at 09:35 -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> Hmm, that chunk really doesn't do what the original patch is supposed to do,
> meaning it won't provide the vulnerability protection it is supposed to provide
> (AFAICS that is Meltdown). Just a note in case anyone is concerned about
> actually providing that protection.

Right now my concern was really about fixing 4.9.81/4.9.82 build failure on
powerpc. Whether the patches backported in those two releases are enough to
fix Meltdown or not is a different thing indeed (and an information I'd be
glad to have too).

Regards,
-- 
Yves-Alexis
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