From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] x86-refcount fix for v4.14-rc3
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2017 14:02:39 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170927120239.7rac2d77bykitfjy@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGXu5jKshVvuTyVycAbAYSVx5KU9nSBHUw+vmSc8p-2JdBhftw@mail.gmail.com>
* Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 12:57 PM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > * Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Please pull this x86-refcount fix for v4.14-rc3. This restores the x86
> >> fast-refcount protection after fixing a corner case that was found late
> >> before the merge window opened. This was the only problem seen during
> >> the protection's life in linux-next, so getting this into v4.14 is
> >> highly desired.
> >
> > No, this is clearly v4.15 material.
>
> Given the long bake time in linux-next (with only the one bug), and
> that the fix was done weeks ago, why the delay?
Because it's essentially enabling a new feature and the merge window is over.
I'll apply them in 1-2 days.
Thanks,
Ingo
prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-09-27 12:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-09-27 10:29 Kees Cook
2017-09-27 10:57 ` Ingo Molnar
2017-09-27 11:47 ` Kees Cook
2017-09-27 12:02 ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
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