Re: [GIT PULL] x86/alternatives for v7.3-rc1

[Borislav Petkov]

On Tue, Aug 18, 2026 at 06:16:01PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Thanks. Past time.

Glad you like it. :-P

> On that "when CONFIG_SMP becomes unconditional" comment - I do wonder
> if UP ends up still relevant in some virtual environments?

Yeah, maybe.

Although I have never heard from virt folks "gee, you need to disable SMP for
that guest kernel". But I can imagine one use case being some new-fangled
micro-VM-execute-a-single-function-and-shut-down-VM-again crap...

We have daydreamed, though, how much ifdeffery CONFIG_SMP is going to get
rid of...

:-)

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    Boris.

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