From: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@arm.com>
To: Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@hpe.com>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: usama.anjum@arm.com, Dimitri Sivanich <dimitri.sivanich@hpe.com>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] misc: sgi-gru: Remove broken page-table walks
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:34:32 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <fd3cf839-125c-4be6-8806-4e8641965421@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <amyjVdtAzdbiGDfn@hpe.com>
On 31/07/2026 2:29 pm, Dimitri Sivanich wrote:
> 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.
If that decision has already been made, the removal patches could be posted in
a matter of minutes. What is causing the delay?
--
Thanks,
Usama
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-31 13:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-30 11:12 Muhammad Usama Anjum
2026-07-30 11:12 ` [PATCH 1/3] misc: sgi-gru: remove interrupt-context " Muhammad Usama Anjum
2026-07-30 11:12 ` [PATCH 2/3] misc: sgi-gru: remove obsolete atomic fault-handling state Muhammad Usama Anjum
2026-07-30 11:12 ` [PATCH 3/3] misc: sgi-gru: inline the user CBR status update Muhammad Usama Anjum
2026-07-30 12:22 ` [PATCH 0/3] misc: sgi-gru: Remove broken page-table walks Dimitri Sivanich
2026-07-30 12:53 ` Muhammad Usama Anjum
2026-07-30 14:08 ` Arnd Bergmann
2026-07-31 11:32 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-07-31 13:29 ` Dimitri Sivanich
2026-07-31 13:34 ` Muhammad Usama Anjum [this message]
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