linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5.8 000/124] 5.8.15-rc1 review

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Message-ID: <d31bda1df5cc75e3217d88eece08dcc2c3c29531.camel@rajagiritech.edu.in>
Date:   Mon, 12 Oct 2020 23:00:07 +0530
From:   Jeffrin Jose T <jeffrin@...agiritech.edu.in>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        linux@...ck-us.net, shuah@...nel.org, patches@...nelci.org,
        ben.hutchings@...ethink.co.uk, lkft-triage@...ts.linaro.org,
        pavel@...x.de, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.8 000/124] 5.8.15-rc1 review

 * On Mon, 2020-10-12 at 15:30 +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 5.8.15 release.
> There are 124 patches in this series, all will be posted as a
> response
> to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied,
> please
> let me know.
> 
> Responses should be made by Wed, 14 Oct 2020 13:31:22 +0000.
> Anything received after that time might be too late.
> 
> The whole patch series can be found in one patch at:
> 	
> https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/stable-review/patch-5.8.15-rc1.gz
> or in the git tree and branch at:
> 	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-
> stable-rc.git linux-5.8.y
> and the diffstat can be found below.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

hello,

Compiled and booted 5.8.15-rc1+ .  No typical dmesg regression.
I also  have something to mention here. I saw  a warning related in
several  kernels which looks like the following...

"MDS CPU bug present and SMT on, data leak possible"

But now in 5.8.15-rc1+ , that warning disappeared.

Tested-by: Jeffrin Jose T <jeffrin@...agiritech.edu.in>

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