Re: [PATCH 4.14 053/143] x86/power: Fix some ordering bugs in __restore_processor_context()

[Sasha Levin]

On Sat, Nov 03, 2018 at 09:41:51AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 03, 2018 at 09:40:16AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 02, 2018 at 07:17:34PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> > > On Fri, Nov 02, 2018 at 08:19:36PM +0000, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> > > > Hi Greg,
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 6:51 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
> > > > <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > 4.14-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> > > >
> > > > This has been fixed by another upstream commit:
> > > > 7ee18d677989 ("x86/power: Make restore_processor_context() sane")
> > > >
> > > > You can not directly apply it, will need backporting.
> > >
> > > It depends on the following commits:
> > >
> > > 5b06bbcfc2c6 x86/power: Fix some ordering bugs in __restore_processor_context()
> > > 090edbe23ff5 x86/power/64: Use struct desc_ptr for the IDT in struct saved_context
> > > 896c80bef4d3 x86/power/32: Move SYSENTER MSR restoration to fix_processor_context()
> > > 7ee18d677989 x86/power: Make restore_processor_context() sane
> > >
> > > Greg, any objections to pulling them all in?
> >
> > No objection, but can I just drop this patch here (it's also in the 4.9
> > queue) and then all of these be added to your next round of patches to
> > be pulled in after this release?
> >
> > That should make it easier, and more ovbious to test this all together.
>
> I've now dropped this patch from the 4.9 and 4.14 queues as that makes
> sense here.

Thanks Greg, I'll prepare all 5 for the next cycle.

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Thanks,
Sasha