Re: [PATCH next 1/1] fs: Mark get_sigset_argpack() __always_inline

From: Mateusz Guzik
Date: Mon Feb 10 2025 - 09:00:11 EST


On Sat, Feb 08, 2025 at 11:05:00PM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> Defaulting to SMAP just requires a bit of bravery!
> After all (as you said) it ought to get patched out before userspace exists.
> It is still fairly new (Broadwell ix-5xxx).
> I'm sure a lot of people are still running Linux on Sandy bridge cpu.

The Intel folk posting over at https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/ have a
bunch of old yellers they test on (and probably more they can dig up if
needed) and will likely be happy to boot test a patch of the sort, just
explicitly state you want a pre-SMAP CPU.