linux-kernel - [GIT PULL] x86/urgent for v6.0

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Date:   Sun, 2 Oct 2022 12:19:25 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     x86-ml <x86@...nel.org>, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [GIT PULL] x86/urgent for v6.0

Hi Linus,

please pull two more x86 urgent fixes for 6.0.

Thx.

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The following changes since commit e400ad8b7e6a1b9102123c6240289a811501f7d9:

  ACPI: processor idle: Practically limit "Dummy wait" workaround to old Intel systems (2022-09-23 15:24:10 -0700)

are available in the Git repository at:

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git tags/x86_urgent_for_v6.0

for you to fetch changes up to df5b035b5683d6a25f077af889fb88e09827f8bc:

  x86/cacheinfo: Add a cpu_llc_shared_mask() UP variant (2022-09-28 18:35:37 +0200)

----------------------------------------------------------------
- Add the respective UP last level cache mask accessors in order not to
cause segfaults when lscpu accesses their representation in sysfs

- Fix for a race in the alternatives batch patching machinery when
kprobes are set

----------------------------------------------------------------
Borislav Petkov (1):
      x86/cacheinfo: Add a cpu_llc_shared_mask() UP variant

Nadav Amit (1):
      x86/alternative: Fix race in try_get_desc()

 arch/x86/include/asm/smp.h    | 25 ++++++++++++++----------
 arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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