linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 00/13] x86/bugs: Add a separate config for each mitigation

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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 19:07:48 +0100
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
Cc: jpoimboe@...nel.org, mingo@...hat.com, tglx@...utronix.de, bp@...en8.de,
	x86@...nel.org, leit@...a.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com, bpf@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 00/13] x86/bugs: Add a separate config for each
 mitigation


* Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org> wrote:

> > Yeah, so:
> > 
> >  - I took this older series and updated it to current upstream, and made
> >    sure all renames were fully done: there were two new Kconfig option
> >    uses, which I integrated into the series. (Sorry about the delay, holiday & stuff.)
> > 
> >  - I also widened the renames to comments and messages, which were not
> >    always covered.
> > 
> >  - Then I took this cover letter and combined it with a more high level
> >    description of the reasoning behind this series I wrote up, and added it
> >    to patch #1. (see it below.)
> > 
> >  - Then I removed the changelog repetition from the other patches and just
> >    referred them back to patch #1.
> > 
> >  - Then I stuck the resulting updated series into tip:x86/bugs, without the 
> >    last 3 patches that modify behavior.
> 
> Thanks for your work. I am currently reviwing the tip branch and the
> merge seems go so far.
> 
> Regarding the last 3 patches, what are the next steps?

Please resubmit them in a few days (with Josh's Acked-by added and any 
fixes/enhancements done along the way), on top of tip:x86/bugs.

Thanks,

	Ingo