linux-kernel - Re: [GIT pull] x86/urgent for 5.3-rc5

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Date:   Tue, 27 Aug 2019 10:46:42 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Cc:     Pu Wen <puwen@...on.cn>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        Linux List Kernel Mailing <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "the arch/x86 maintainers" <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT pull] x86/urgent for 5.3-rc5

On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 10:40 AM Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de> wrote:
>
> Do you want it this weekend, after some smoke testing on boxes or should
> I leave it a couple of weeks in tip until the merge window opens, and
> then queue it for 5.4 for longer exposure in linux-next?

No hurry, and I don't care deeply when this goes in. It looks safe and
harmless, so any time as far as I'm concerned - whatever is most
convenient for people.

This is more of a "let's protect against any future issues" than
anything critical right now.

And I suspect it just means that next time somebody screws up rdrand,
they'll screw it up to be a simple counter instead of just returning
all-ones, and we'll miss it anyway ;)

              Linus