linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] arm64 spectre and meltdown mitigations for -stable

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Date:   Wed, 21 Feb 2018 13:53:40 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
Cc:     stable@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] arm64 spectre and meltdown mitigations for -stable

On Fri, Feb 09, 2018 at 01:48:11PM +0000, Will Deacon wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> I've put together a tag which includes all of the upstream arm64 spectre and
> meltdown mitigations based on v4.15. Please could you consider taking this
> into the 4.15 stable tree?
> 
> I understand that Ard (cc'd) is using this stack to create a version for 4.14
> too.

Do you know of anyone working on backporting this patch series to older
stable trees (i.e. 4.9.y and 4.4.y and possibly 3.18.y?)


I had some requests by some chip manufacturers who were wondering about
this, as they seem to be stuck on older kernels (of their own doing, not
our fault at all...)

If not, no big deal, I'll just tell them they need to do the work
themselves if they care about those old kernel trees :)

thanks,

greg k-h