Re: [PATCH v1] x86/vmware: Fix i386 high-bandwidth hypercall arguments
From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Wed Oct 28 2026 - 11:19:15 EST
On Wed, Oct 28, 2026 at 08:02:52AM -0400, Zack Rusin wrote:
> I haven't seen this. I need to update my kernel setup to fetch those
> muted Sashiko reports. Anyway, both are valid but they're preexisting
> issues in vmwgfx. I was planning to rip out most of that code in
> vmwgfx but I can provide fixes for these two. We could land them via
> your tree if you need them as a prerequisite for landing the above,
> I'll just make sure nothing touches that code via the drm tree while
> the changes are staged in yours. Or I can send out the vmwgfx fixes to
> dri-devel and land them in parallel via the regular drm tree. Let me
> know what you prefer.
Oh, I was actually only pointing them out and they're not really
a prerequisite.
I thought you guys should see this if you haven't and perhaps take a look at
fixing them or documenting them, as this is our main modus operandi right now,
in the age of AI-finds-bugs-in-code.
But ripping them out is the best fix anyway! :)
Thx.
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Boris.
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