Re: [PATCH v6 00/13] x86/bugs: Add a separate config for each mitigation

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Wed Jan 10 2024 - 13:08:18 EST



* Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Yeah, so:
> >
> > - I took this older series and updated it to current upstream, and made
> > sure all renames were fully done: there were two new Kconfig option
> > uses, which I integrated into the series. (Sorry about the delay, holiday & stuff.)
> >
> > - I also widened the renames to comments and messages, which were not
> > always covered.
> >
> > - Then I took this cover letter and combined it with a more high level
> > description of the reasoning behind this series I wrote up, and added it
> > to patch #1. (see it below.)
> >
> > - Then I removed the changelog repetition from the other patches and just
> > referred them back to patch #1.
> >
> > - Then I stuck the resulting updated series into tip:x86/bugs, without the
> > last 3 patches that modify behavior.
>
> Thanks for your work. I am currently reviwing the tip branch and the
> merge seems go so far.
>
> Regarding the last 3 patches, what are the next steps?

Please resubmit them in a few days (with Josh's Acked-by added and any
fixes/enhancements done along the way), on top of tip:x86/bugs.

Thanks,

Ingo