On Thu, Nov 24, 2022 at 10:51:06AM -0500, Sasha Levin wrote: > On Sat, Nov 19, 2022 at 05:37:16AM +0000, Michael Kelley (LINUX) wrote: > > From: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, November 18, 2022 6:11 PM > > > > > > From: Anirudh Rayabharam <anrayabh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > [ Upstream commit 4ad1aa571214e8d6468a1806794d987b374b5a08 ] > > > > > > Add a data structure to represent the reference TSC MSR similar to > > > other MSRs. This simplifies the code for updating the MSR. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Anirudh Rayabharam <anrayabh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Reviewed-by: Michael Kelley <mikelley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221027095729.1676394-2-anrayabh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > > > Signed-off-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Sasha -- I don't think this patch needs to be backported to any stable versions. Anirudh > > or Wei Liu, can you confirm? The patch is more about enabling a new scenario than fixing a bug. > > Ack, I'll drop both of the patches you've pointed out. Thanks! Sorry for the late reply -- I think you should keep this patch and the other one. The other patch fixes a real issue while kexec'ing in the Linux root partition. This patch is a prerequisite for that. Thanks, Wei. > > -- > Thanks, > Sasha
