linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5.10 261/289] Revert "iommu/vt-d: Remove WO permissions on second-level paging entries"

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Date:   Wed, 26 May 2021 23:22:47 +0200
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Wolfgang Müller <wolf@...ole.systems>,
        Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>,
        Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>, Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.10 261/289] Revert "iommu/vt-d: Remove WO permissions
 on second-level paging entries"

On Mon 2021-05-17 16:03:06, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This reverts commit c848416cc05afc1589edba04fe00b85c2f797ee3 which is
> eea53c5816889ee8b64544fa2e9311a81184ff9c upstream.

Please don't do this.

You are "creative" with marking upstream commits, which breaks
scripting, again. How 

> Another iommu patch was backported incorrectly, causing problems, so
> drop this as well for the moment.
> 
> Reported-by: Wolfgang Müller <wolf@...ole.systems>
> Cc: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>
> Cc: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>
> Cc: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

Simply put it into the sign-off area, where it belongs. People will
happily update the scripts as it will be the last breakage.

Thanks,

								Pavel
-- 
http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek

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