linux-kernel - Re: [patch 01/24] x86/speculation: Update the TIF

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wj6fZpcad+1O5Ou0HZb0NEv1RM_BweyM0XBGtzE87YXXg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 21 Nov 2018 12:33:21 -0800
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Linux List Kernel Mailing <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "the arch/x86 maintainers" <x86@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Andrew Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>, thomas.lendacky@....com,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>, dave.hansen@...el.com,
        Casey Schaufler <casey.schaufler@...el.com>,
        "Mallick, Asit K" <asit.k.mallick@...el.com>,
        "Van De Ven, Arjan" <arjan@...ux.intel.com>, jcm@...hat.com,
        longman9394@...il.com, Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        david.c.stewart@...el.com, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 01/24] x86/speculation: Update the TIF_SSBD comment

On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 12:28 PM Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> Ugh. Now you're using the broken quilt thing that makes a mush of emails for me.

Reading the series in alpine makes it look fine. No testing, but each
patch seems sensible.

And yes, triggering on seccomp makes more sense than dumpable to me.

               Linus