linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] x86: Clear feature bits disabled at compile-time

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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2025 13:01:19 +0200
From: Maciej Wieczor-Retman <maciej.wieczor-retman@...el.com>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
	<x86@...nel.org>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Kyung Min Park
	<kyung.min.park@...el.com>, Ricardo Neri
	<ricardo.neri-calderon@...ux.intel.com>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	<xin3.li@...el.com>, Farrah Chen <farrah.chen@...el.com>,
	<stable@...r.kernel.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] x86: Clear feature bits disabled at compile-time

On 2025-07-24 at 12:34:38 +0200, Greg KH wrote:
>On Thu, Jul 24, 2025 at 12:13:25PM +0200, Maciej Wieczor-Retman wrote:
>> Hello Greg,
>> 
>> I'd like to ask you for guidence on how to proceed with backporting this change
>> to the 5.10 stable kernel and newer ones.
>
>Don't worry about it UNTIL your patch lands in Linus's tree.  Then, if
>it doesn't apply to a specific stable branch, just send us a working
>backport.  Not too complex :)
>
>thanks,
>
>greg k-h

Thank you :)

-- 
Kind regards
Maciej Wieczór-Retman