linux-kernel - Re: [Patch v5 00/16] Provide task property based options to enable Spectre v2 userspace-userspace protection

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Message-ID: <nycvar.YFH.7.76.1811171032300.21108@cbobk.fhfr.pm>
Date:   Sat, 17 Nov 2018 10:34:44 +0100 (CET)
From:   Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
To:     Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>
cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Casey Schaufler <casey.schaufler@...el.com>,
        Asit Mallick <asit.k.mallick@...el.com>,
        Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jon Masters <jcm@...hat.com>,
        Waiman Long <longman9394@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [Patch v5 00/16] Provide task property based options to enable
 Spectre v2 userspace-userspace protection 

On Fri, 16 Nov 2018, Tim Chen wrote:

> Thomas, can you consider this series to be merged to 4.20-rc along
> with Jiri's changes on STIBP?

I plan go through the v5 of the series ASAP, but I tend to agree that if 
it passes the review it should be considered for 4.20 still, to get some 
of the lost performance back (I am pretty sure it will be taken for all 
-stable branches as well anyway).

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs