Re: [GIT PULL] x86 PTI and Spectre related fixes and updates

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Thu Feb 15 2018 - 12:05:05 EST


On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 9:48 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I do use it, I take the commits from there and then queue them up as
> individual patches for the stable releases.
>
> And if it wasn't there, the conflict resolution would have to be on my
> side, making them "not the same commits in the end", so either I have to
> do that, or you do :)

Ok, as long as it helps something, I'm ok with it. I was just
questioning whether it was just extra work.

Linus