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

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Date:   Wed, 14 Oct 2020 11:56:52 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Jeffrin Jose T <jeffrin@...agiritech.edu.in>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 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, Oct 12, 2020 at 11:00:07PM +0530, Jeffrin Jose T wrote:
>  * 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.

Odds are your microcode/bios finally got updated on that machine, right?

thanks for testing and letting me know.

greg k-h