Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] x86/speculation: Allow enabling STIBP with legacy IBRS

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 08:57:26PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 08:47:38PM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> > Why does anyone need to "drop stable" from a patch discussion?  That's
> > not a problem, we _WANT_ to see the patch review and discussion also
> > copied there to be aware of what is coming down the pipeline.  So
> > whomever said that is not correct, sorry.
> 
> Someone dropped stable because you used to send automated formletter
> mails that this is not how one should submit a patch to stable. I guess
> that is not needed anymore so I'll stop dropping stable.

I still send them, and so does 0-day, IF you send the emails
incorrectly.  So far, that's not been the case for this series at all
(hint, there needs to be a cc: stable in the signed-off-by area of the
patch, that's all.)

thanks,

greg k-h