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:   Thu, 27 May 2021 06:25:28 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
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 Wed, May 26, 2021 at 11:22:47PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> 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.

I've always done it this way, this is not new for reverts in the stable
trees.

thanks,

greg k-h