On Mon, Apr 01, 2024 at 07:33:59AM -0700, Pawan Gupta wrote: > Hi Greg, > > On Mon, Apr 01, 2024 at 03:16:01PM +0200, gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled > > > > x86/bugs: Use fixed addressing for VERW operand > > This commit was pulled in upstream by mistake and later reverted: > > Hi Linus, > > Please pull an x86/apic revert. The reverted commit is not x86/apic > material and was cruft left over from a merge. > > I believe the sequence of events went something like this: > > * The commit in question was added to x86/urgent > * x86/urgent was merged into x86/apic to resolve a conflict > * The commit was zapped from x86/urgent, but *not* from x86/apic > * x86/apic got pullled (yesterday) > > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240312162125.136813-1-dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > > > to the 6.8-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-bugs-use-fixed-addressing-for-verw-operand.patch > > and it can be found in the queue-6.8 subdirectory. > > > > If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, > > please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. > > The commit does not create any issue, but was deemed unnecessary. I > would suggest to drop it from all stable queues. > I have already queued up the revert as well, that makes things easier to track. thanks greg k-h
