Re: [PATCH v3 tip:perf/core] perf/amd/ibs: Prevent leaking sensitive data to userspace

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Sat Mar 22 2025 - 08:17:22 EST



* Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> > How well was this tested? v6.14 will be released tomorrow most
> > likely, so it's a bit risky to apply such a large patch so late.
> > Applying the -v1 fix was a bit risky already.
>
> I understand. Although I've done a fair bit of testing and ran perf-
> fuzzer for few hours before posting,

That's reassuring!

> I'm also not in favor of rushing. I think it's safe to defer it to
> 6.15.

I'm leaning towards sending the fix to Linus later today, because the
leak has been introduced in this merge window AFAICS, via d29e744c7167,
and I'd prefer us not releasing a buggy kernel ...

Thanks,

Ingo