linux-kernel - Re: Linux 5.15-rc1

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <CAHk-=wg-3qcB4_Oh6XMwvWHcJj34ada7b3m_Y8Gq4y_wa4eBfA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 13 Sep 2021 13:36:04 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc:     Dave Jones <davej@...emonkey.org.uk>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        "linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 5.15-rc1

On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 1:33 PM Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com> wrote:
>
> OK, so this device is buggy too but not the root cause. After checking again the
> stalls happen for VPD access to both ports of the Intel network adapter.

I really don't want to add quirks like this.

If this happens to a major manufacturer (whoe _defined_ the PCI
standard, for chrissake), then this is not something where we want a
quirk to avoid a boot-time delay.

That commit needs to be reverted. If reverting it is hard, then we
need to revert everything it depends on.

              Linus