linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v14 1/7] x86: lib: Separate instruction decoder MMIO type from MMIO trace

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Message-ID: <CAHmME9ohJ3JZNjkxuA0KjFW0LLQksgQP5f8bfrogd3+GmLrpKw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 3 Jan 2023 18:30:52 +0100
From:   "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        patches@...ts.linux.dev, tglx@...utronix.de,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
        x86@...nel.org, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Adhemerval Zanella Netto <adhemerval.zanella@...aro.org>,
        "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos@...hat.com>,
        Florian Weimer <fweimer@...hat.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
        Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v14 1/7] x86: lib: Separate instruction decoder MMIO type
 from MMIO trace

On Tue, Jan 3, 2023 at 6:29 PM Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jan 03, 2023 at 06:00:46PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > > I guess you missed the conversation with Borislav yesterday about that.
> > > He mentioned that I'd just take it through random.git when this whole
> > > series goes in.
> >
> > Please base your tree off on tip:x86/asm then (or pull it in) - it only
>
> My idea was a lot simpler: avoid the tree inter-dependency by us acking this
> patch so that it can go through the random.git tree.

Indeed I would prefer this.

Or... just put this in 6.2 because it's trivial anyway? Heck, even
mark it as stable@ so make future backporting easier. Then it'll meet
tip's urgent criteria.

Jason