Re: [PATCH v2] x86: lib: Separate instruction decoder MMIO type from MMIO trace

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Mon Jan 02 2023 - 10:30:49 EST


On Mon, Jan 02, 2023 at 03:49:23PM +0100, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> Do you think you could queue up this patch for 6.2 as a fix? It has
> basically no chance of breakage and does fix a real symbol clash.
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20221214203454.337299-1-Jason@xxxxxxxxx/
>
> This doesn't fix any existing compile error that I'm aware of, but if
> this makes it into 6.2, it would avoid me having to carry it in a series
> I'm working on,...

Our general rule for urgent fixes going through tip is that they should qualify
to be CC:stable fixes. And this one isn't so I think you should hold on to it
and submit it along with the whole series as it is usually done.

Thx.

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