On Tue, Jul 09, 2024 at 10:27:20PM +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote: > Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > 6.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. > > > > ------------------ > > > > From: Benjamin Gray <bgray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > [ Upstream commit 75171f06c4507c3b6b5a69d793879fb20d108bb1 ] > > > > Add capability to make the DEXCR act as a per-process SPR. > > > > We do not yet have an interface for changing the values per task. We > > also expect the kernel to use a single DEXCR value across all tasks > > while in privileged state, so there is no need to synchronize after > > changing it (the userspace aspects will synchronize upon returning to > > userspace). > > > > Signed-off-by: Benjamin Gray <bgray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Link: https://msgid.link/20240417112325.728010-3-bgray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Stable-dep-of: bbd99922d0f4 ("powerpc/dexcr: Reset DEXCR value across exec") > > This is listed as a dep, but I don't see that commit (bbd99922d0f4) > queued up? > > This series included user-visible changes including new prctls, it > shouldn't be backported piecemeal. > > I think this series shouldn't be backported unless someone explicitly > wants it. Thanks for the review, now removed. greg k-h
