linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.14 053/143] x86/power: Fix some ordering bugs in __restore_processor

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Date:   Sat, 3 Nov 2018 08:51:24 -0400
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jarkko Nikula <jarkko.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.14 053/143] x86/power: Fix some ordering bugs in
 __restore_processor_context()

On Sat, Nov 03, 2018 at 09:41:51AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>On Sat, Nov 03, 2018 at 09:40:16AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 02, 2018 at 07:17:34PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
>> > On Fri, Nov 02, 2018 at 08:19:36PM +0000, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
>> > > Hi Greg,
>> > >
>> > > On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 6:51 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
>> > > <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > 4.14-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
>> > >
>> > > This has been fixed by another upstream commit:
>> > > 7ee18d677989 ("x86/power: Make restore_processor_context() sane")
>> > >
>> > > You can not directly apply it, will need backporting.
>> >
>> > It depends on the following commits:
>> >
>> > 5b06bbcfc2c6 x86/power: Fix some ordering bugs in __restore_processor_context()
>> > 090edbe23ff5 x86/power/64: Use struct desc_ptr for the IDT in struct saved_context
>> > 896c80bef4d3 x86/power/32: Move SYSENTER MSR restoration to fix_processor_context()
>> > 7ee18d677989 x86/power: Make restore_processor_context() sane
>> >
>> > Greg, any objections to pulling them all in?
>>
>> No objection, but can I just drop this patch here (it's also in the 4.9
>> queue) and then all of these be added to your next round of patches to
>> be pulled in after this release?
>>
>> That should make it easier, and more ovbious to test this all together.
>
>I've now dropped this patch from the 4.9 and 4.14 queues as that makes
>sense here.

Thanks Greg, I'll prepare all 5 for the next cycle.

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Thanks,
Sasha