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

From: Breno Leitao
Date: Tue Apr 30 2024 - 09:12:57 EST


Hello Ingo,

On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 07:07:48PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> * Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx> 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.

I've sent the commits on top of the latest mitigations. Have you had a
chance to see them?

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240422165830.2142904-1-leitao@xxxxxxxxxx/

PS: I took the opportunity to break them down, one per mitigation, so, it
could simplify the patch management.

Thanks