linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/vmware: Fix hypercall clobbers

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wjzFZMAoJkrOg7LWsQcVOuZhOgMFWGC-sBHOACE8B4+Mw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 14:38:12 -0800
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...-um.de>, Thorsten Leemhuis <regressions@...mhuis.info>, 
	Alexey Makhalov <alexey.makhalov@...adcom.com>, x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	Ajay Kaher <ajay.kaher@...adcom.com>, bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com, 
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Justin Forbes <jforbes@...oraproject.org>, 
	Linux kernel regressions list <regressions@...ts.linux.dev>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/vmware: Fix hypercall clobbers

On Fri, 6 Feb 2026 at 14:25, Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Here ya go:

I'm going to change that commit message to make it clear that it's a
QEMU bug, plain and simple. There's no point in claiming this fixes a
kernel bug when it's a pure workaround for a bug elsewhere.

               Linus