Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] x86/mm: Use IPIs to synchronize LAM enablement

From: Yosry Ahmed
Date: Tue Mar 12 2024 - 12:24:49 EST


On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 9:14 AM Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 09:09:30AM -0700, Yosry Ahmed wrote:
> > My bad, I lost track of when I sent v1 and saw Kirill's comment when I
> > woke up so I addressed that. FWIW, v1 and v2 are almost identical
> > except for a small change in patch 2 to address Kirill's comment. I
> > will hold off on sending anything else this week.
>
> and while you do, you can have a look at
>
> https://kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/development-process.html

Sure, although I am kinda familiar with that. It would be useful to
point out what part(s) I may be violating :)

>
> And we're in a merge window now so no queueing of new patches for
> 2 weeks unless they're regressions.

Right, I am aware of that part. According to the tip tree handbook I
shouldn't expect them to be handled during the merge window, but do
x86 folks prefer I hold off on sending them until after the merge
window?