linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.18 147/159] ARM: 9201/1: spectre-bhb: rely on linker to emit cross-section literal loads

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Message-ID: <YpTh9dan5lJgH2aL@kroah.com>
Date:   Mon, 30 May 2022 17:25:41 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
Cc:     Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "# 3.4.x" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Nicolas Pitre <nico@...xnic.net>,
        Keith Packard <keithpac@...zon.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.18 147/159] ARM: 9201/1: spectre-bhb: rely on
 linker to emit cross-section literal loads

On Mon, May 30, 2022 at 03:32:47PM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> AUTONAK
> 
> As discussed before, please disregard all patches authored by me when
> running the bot.

Ok, but why wasn't this spectre-bhb commit asked to be backported to
stable in the first place?  Do older kernels not need these types of
fixes?

thanks,

greg k-h