On Fri, Dec 08, 2023 at 06:27:53PM +0200, Nikolay Borisov wrote: > > > On 8.12.23 г. 18:04 ч., gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled > > > > x86: Introduce ia32_enabled() > > > > to the 6.1-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-introduce-ia32_enabled.patch > > and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory. > > > > If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, > > please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. > > > > > > From bcbe5572c0fbac02f173b04939c00232fc02c05f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > > From: Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@xxxxxxxx> > > Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2023 14:14:04 +0300 > > Subject: x86: Introduce ia32_enabled() > > > > From: Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@xxxxxxxx> > > > > [ upstream commit 1da5c9bc119d3a749b519596b93f9b2667e93c4a ] > > > > IA32 support on 64bit kernels depends on whether CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION > > is selected or not. As it is a compile time option it doesn't > > provide the flexibility to have distributions set their own policy for > > IA32 support and give the user the flexibility to override it. > > > > As a first step introduce ia32_enabled() which abstracts whether IA32 > > compat is turned on or off. Upcoming patches will implement > > the ability to set IA32 compat state at boot time. > > > > Signed-off-by: Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@xxxxxxxx> > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230623111409.3047467-2-nik.borisov@xxxxxxxx > > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > This patch is part of a series and so wouldn't do anything on its own. OTOH > why is this feature being backported to stable kernels? Because the whole series is backported, see the stable queues now :) thanks, greg k-h
