linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 0/6] Delay VERW

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Date:   Fri, 27 Oct 2023 17:38:23 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, tony.luck@...el.com,
        ak@...ux.intel.com, tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com,
        Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@...rix.com>,
        Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@...e.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        Alyssa Milburn <alyssa.milburn@...ux.intel.com>,
        Daniel Sneddon <daniel.sneddon@...ux.intel.com>,
        antonio.gomez.iglesias@...ux.intel.com,
        Alyssa Milburn <alyssa.milburn@...el.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/6] Delay VERW

On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 08:32:42AM -0700, Pawan Gupta wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 05:12:26PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 08:05:35AM -0700, Pawan Gupta wrote:
> > > I am going on a long vacation next week, I won't be working for the rest
> > > of the year. So I wanted to get this in a good shape quickly. This
> > > patchset addresses some security issues (although theoretical). So there
> > > is some sense of urgency. Sorry for spamming, I'll take you off the To:
> > > list.
> > 
> > Even if you're leaving for vacation, I'm sure some colleague of yours or
> > dhansen will take over this for you. So there's no need to keep sending
> > this every day. Imagine everyone who leaves for vacation would start
> > doing that...
> 
> I can imagine the amount emails maintainers get. I'll take care of this
> in future. But, its good to get some idea on how much is too much,
> specially for a security issue?

You said it wasn't a security issue (theoretical?)

And are we supposed to drop everything for such things?  Again, think of
the people who are on the other end of your patches please...

greg k-h