linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] x86/boot/compressed: Disable relocation relaxation

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Message-ID: <20200825145652.GA780995@rani.riverdale.lan>
Date:   Tue, 25 Aug 2020 10:56:52 -0400
From:   Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>
To:     Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>,
        Fangrui Song <maskray@...gle.com>,
        clang-built-linux <clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com>,
        e5ten.arch@...il.com,
        "maintainer:X86 ARCHITECTURE (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)" <x86@...nel.org>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "# 3.4.x" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] x86/boot/compressed: Disable relocation relaxation

On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 at 01:56:49PM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> Hi Ingo,
> I saw you picked up Arvind's other series into x86/boot.  Would you
> mind please including this, as well?  Our CI is quite red for x86...
> 
> EOM
> 

Hi Ingo, while this patch is unnecessary after the series in
tip/x86/boot, it is still needed for 5.9 and older. Would you be able to
send it in for the next -rc? It shouldn't hurt the tip/x86/boot series,
and we can add a revert on top of that later.

Thanks.