linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 0/15] x86: Remove support for TSC-less and CX8-less CPUs

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.2505150206120.27710@angie.orcam.me.uk>
Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 17:32:32 +0100 (BST)
From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...am.me.uk>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
cc: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@...sik.fu-berlin.de>, 
    Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@...uxfoundation.org>, 
    Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, 
    Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
    "Ahmed S . Darwish" <darwi@...utronix.de>, 
    Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@...rix.com>, 
    Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>, 
    Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, 
    John Ogness <john.ogness@...utronix.de>, 
    Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, 
    Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/15] x86: Remove support for TSC-less and CX8-less
 CPUs

On Tue, 13 May 2025, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> But I really don't think we've ever been *so* strict about pgp keys
> having all the proper pgp key signature chains. Yes, it's the normal
> rule and the regular way people identify themselves, but nothing
> should ever be mindlessly black-and-white.

 I agree about being reasonable.  However times are such that we need to 
be extremely vigilant.  I wish we were back in the 1990s when the worst 
threat online seemed to be unsolicited offers received via e-mail for 
various enlargement treatments; sadly not for the brain.

  Maciej