On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 06:05:55PM +0200, Viktor Jägersküpper wrote: > Greg Kroah-Hartman: > > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 5.18.13 release. > > There are 231 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response > > to this one. If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please > > let me know. > > Hi Greg, > > I noticed that there are several patches in the list which are also part of your > retbleed-5.18 queue. If I am not mistaken, these are: > > [PATCH 5.18 145/231] x86/kvm: Fix SETcc emulation for return thunks > [PATCH 5.18 146/231] x86/sev: Avoid using __x86_return_thunk > [PATCH 5.18 147/231] x86/bugs: Report AMD retbleed vulnerability > [PATCH 5.18 148/231] objtool: Update Retpoline validation > [PATCH 5.18 149/231] x86/xen: Rename SYS* entry points > [PATCH 5.18 150/231] x86/cpu/amd: Add Spectral Chicken > > I'm wondering if this is intended or if it would be better to release a stable > kernel with all the retbleed patches later because of the problems that came up > with these patches so far. I'm just a user, so I can't say anything about the > technical side, and I don't know how the patches were selected. Yes, sorry, I need to drop those and then add them only as part of the retbleed stuff. thanks, greg k-h
