Re: [PATCH v6 02/49] x86/cpu: Fix x86_match_cpu() to match just X86_VENDOR_INTEL

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Tue May 21 2024 - 13:21:28 EST


On Tue, May 21, 2024 at 08:48:34AM -0700, Tony Luck wrote:
> I didn't include a Cc: stable. Is there some better way to report
> the source commit for a problem without triggering a backport?

Looking at:

Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst

I guess this:

"There furthermore is a variant of the stable tag you can use to make the stable
team's backporting tools (e.g AUTOSEL or scripts that look for commits
containing a 'Fixes:' tag) ignore a change::

Cc: <stable+noautosel@xxxxxxxxxx> # reason goes here, and must be present"

Might want to explain in that reason there what the situation is and
that this patch should be backported only when the SNC change is in the
tree or so, yadda yadda.

Or the crypto one - your patch 1 in this thread.

> Agreed. Looks better to keep the define out of a <linux/*.h> file.
>
> Do you want me to spin a new patch? Or can you fold your change into
> my patch when applying?

Nah, I can fold everything in.

Thx.

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