This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled x86/speculation: Rename RETPOLINE_AMD to RETPOLINE_LFENCE to the 4.9-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: x86-speculation-rename-retpoline_amd-to-retpoline_lfence.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.