On Thu, 8 Dec 2022 07:56:30 +0000 "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > From: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Thursday, December 8, 2022 5:45 AM > > > > Fix several loose ends relative to reverting support for vaddr removal > > and update. Mark feature and ioctl flags as deprecated, restore local > > variable scope in pin pages, remove remaining support in the mapping > > code. > > > > Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > > > This applies on top of Steve's patch[1] to fully remove and deprecate > > this feature in the short term, following the same methodology we used > > for the v1 migration interface removal. The intention would be to pick > > Steve's patch and this follow-on for v6.2 given that existing support > > exposes vulnerabilities and no known upstream userspaces make use of > > this feature. > > > > [1]https://lore.kernel.org/all/1670363753-249738-2-git-send-email- > > steven.sistare@xxxxxxxxxx/ > > > > Reviewed-by: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx> > > btw given the exposure and no known upstream usage should this be > also pushed to stable kernels? I'll add to both: Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v5.12+ Thanks, Alex
