linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 0/2] Renovate memcpy_mcsafe with copy_mc_to

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Date:   Wed, 30 Sep 2020 08:49:42 -0700
From:   Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Erwin Tsaur <erwin.tsaur@...el.com>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        0day robot <lkp@...el.com>,
        linux-nvdimm <linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 0/2] Renovate memcpy_mcsafe with copy_mc_to_{user, kernel}

On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 10:05 PM Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 03:32:07PM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> > Given that Linus was the primary source of review feedback on these
> > patches and a version of them have been soaking in -next with only a
> > minor conflict report with vfs.git for the entirety of the v5.9-rc
> > cycle (left there inadvertently while I was on leave), any concerns
> > with me sending this to Linus directly during the merge window?
>
> What's wrong with them going through tip?

There's been a paucity of response on these after converging on the
feedback from Linus. They missed v5.9, and I started casting about for
what could be done to make sure they did not also miss v5.10 if the
quiet continued. The preference is still "through tip".

> But before that pls have a look at this question I have here:
>
> https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200929102512.GB21110@zn.tnic
>
> Thx.

Thanks, Boris, will do.