linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.19 041/361] x86/speculation: Enable cross-hyperthread spectre v2 STIBP mitigation

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Message-ID: <20181121135611.GA26411@kroah.com>
Date:   Wed, 21 Nov 2018 14:56:11 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        WoodhouseDavid <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>,
        SchauflerCasey <casey.schaufler@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.19 041/361] x86/speculation: Enable cross-hyperthread
 spectre v2 STIBP mitigation

On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 02:21:15PM +0100, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Nov 2018, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> 
> > 4.19-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> 
> Greg, please drop this patch from all -stable for now. Version that 
> wouldn't have such performance impact is being worked on.

Is it reverted in Linus's tree?  If not, then anything that comes "later
on" will not apply here, right?

I see the thread asking about this, but I got really conflicting
messages here, and now it's in all of the latest releases, and no
testing seems to have uncovered issues.  Is it just a "slow down"
problem?

thanks,

greg k-h