On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 01:05:00AM -0800, Pawan Gupta wrote: > On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 09:54:00AM +0100, Greg KH wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 09:34:14PM -0800, Pawan Gupta wrote: > > > This is the backport of recently upstreamed series that moves VERW > > > execution to a later point in exit-to-user path. This is needed because > > > in some cases it may be possible for data accessed after VERW executions > > > may end into MDS affected CPU buffers. Moving VERW closer to ring > > > transition reduces the attack surface. > > > > > > Patch 1/6 includes a minor fix that is queued for upstream: > > > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/170899674562.398.6398007479766564897.tip-bot2@tip-bot2/ > > > > Obviously I can't take this, you know that :( > > > > Please include the actual commit in the series, when it hits Linus's > > tree. > > Backports to 6.6 and 6.7 will work without the commit waiting to be > upstreamed. Ok, that too is not obvious as you included it here :( Please be more careful. Take a day and do some testing and then resend when ready. thanks, greg k-h
