linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] ext4: mballoc: Fix spectre gadget in ext4_mb_regular

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Message-ID: <20180730193806.GW21725@thunk.org>
Date:   Mon, 30 Jul 2018 15:38:06 -0400
From:   "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Jeremy Cline <jcline@...hat.com>
Cc:     Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ext4: mballoc: Fix spectre gadget in
 ext4_mb_regular_allocator

On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 02:46:59PM -0400, Jeremy Cline wrote:
> I dropped patch 1/3 and 2/3 from the original series because they can
> both be covered by some sanitation in fs/quota/quota.c, so the this is
> only patch from the v1 series that should be applied.
> 
> Sorry for not being more clear!

Great, thanks for the clarification!  I'll review the patch posthaste!

      	      	      		      	   	  - Ted