Re: [PATCH 0/3] misc: sgi-gru: Remove broken page-table walks

[Dimitri Sivanich]

On Fri, Jul 31, 2026 at 01:32:48PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2026 at 07:22:18AM -0500, Dimitri Sivanich wrote:
> > Muhammad,
> > 
> > I should let you know that we're currently and actively working on a
> > forthcoming patch to remove the sgi-gru driver, due to security concerns.  We
> > hope to submit this patch soon.
> 
> A patch to "delete the driver" should be quite simple.
> 
> But until that shows up, I'll queue these up as they fix the obvious
> problems in the code today.
>

Greg,

The patchset will involve two drivers.  The sgi-xp driver makes heavy use of
sgi-gru.  The decision has been made to remove both.