Re: [PATCH v9 0/2] Renovate memcpy_mcsafe with copy_mc_to_{user, kernel}

[Dan Williams]

On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 10:05 PM Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 03:32:07PM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> > Given that Linus was the primary source of review feedback on these
> > patches and a version of them have been soaking in -next with only a
> > minor conflict report with vfs.git for the entirety of the v5.9-rc
> > cycle (left there inadvertently while I was on leave), any concerns
> > with me sending this to Linus directly during the merge window?
>
> What's wrong with them going through tip?

There's been a paucity of response on these after converging on the
feedback from Linus. They missed v5.9, and I started casting about for
what could be done to make sure they did not also miss v5.10 if the
quiet continued. The preference is still "through tip".

> But before that pls have a look at this question I have here:
>
> https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200929102512.GB21110@xxxxxxx
>
> Thx.

Thanks, Boris, will do.