From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:42114 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964999AbeAXTAE (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Jan 2018 14:00:04 -0500 Subject: Patch "Revert "module: Add retpoline tag to VERMAGIC"" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, ak@linux.intel.com, dwmw@amazon.co.uk, jikos@kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de, torvalds@linux-foundation.org Cc: , From: Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2018 20:00:01 +0100 Message-ID: <151682040168214@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled Revert "module: Add retpoline tag to VERMAGIC" to the 4.9-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: revert-module-add-retpoline-tag-to-vermagic.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let know about it. >>From 5132ede0fe8092b043dae09a7cc32b8ae7272baa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2018 15:28:17 +0100 Subject: Revert "module: Add retpoline tag to VERMAGIC" From: Greg Kroah-Hartman commit 5132ede0fe8092b043dae09a7cc32b8ae7272baa upstream. This reverts commit 6cfb521ac0d5b97470883ff9b7facae264b7ab12. Turns out distros do not want to make retpoline as part of their "ABI", so this patch should not have been merged. Sorry Andi, this was my fault, I suggested it when your original patch was the "correct" way of doing this instead. Reported-by: Jiri Kosina Fixes: 6cfb521ac0d5 ("module: Add retpoline tag to VERMAGIC") Acked-by: Andi Kleen Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: David Woodhouse Cc: rusty@rustcorp.com.au Cc: arjan.van.de.ven@intel.com Cc: jeyu@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- include/linux/vermagic.h | 8 +------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-) --- a/include/linux/vermagic.h +++ b/include/linux/vermagic.h @@ -24,16 +24,10 @@ #ifndef MODULE_ARCH_VERMAGIC #define MODULE_ARCH_VERMAGIC "" #endif -#ifdef RETPOLINE -#define MODULE_VERMAGIC_RETPOLINE "retpoline " -#else -#define MODULE_VERMAGIC_RETPOLINE "" -#endif #define VERMAGIC_STRING \ UTS_RELEASE " " \ MODULE_VERMAGIC_SMP MODULE_VERMAGIC_PREEMPT \ MODULE_VERMAGIC_MODULE_UNLOAD MODULE_VERMAGIC_MODVERSIONS \ - MODULE_ARCH_VERMAGIC \ - MODULE_VERMAGIC_RETPOLINE + MODULE_ARCH_VERMAGIC Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from gregkh@linuxfoundation.org are queue-4.9/prevent-timer-value-0-for-mwaitx.patch queue-4.9/ipc-msg-make-msgrcv-work-with-long_min.patch queue-4.9/reiserfs-don-t-preallocate-blocks-for-extended-attributes.patch queue-4.9/fs-fcntl-f_setown-avoid-undefined-behaviour.patch queue-4.9/drivers-base-cacheinfo-fix-x86-with-config_of-enabled.patch queue-4.9/can-af_can-canfd_rcv-replace-warn_once-by-pr_warn_once.patch queue-4.9/reiserfs-fix-race-in-prealloc-discard.patch queue-4.9/can-af_can-can_rcv-replace-warn_once-by-pr_warn_once.patch queue-4.9/netfilter-xt_osf-add-missing-permission-checks.patch queue-4.9/hwpoison-memcg-forcibly-uncharge-lru-pages.patch queue-4.9/x86-asm-32-make-sync_core-handle-missing-cpuid-on-all-32-bit-kernels.patch queue-4.9/mm-mmap.c-do-not-blow-on-prot_none-map_fixed-holes-in-the-stack.patch queue-4.9/usbip-fix-potential-format-overflow-in-userspace-tools.patch queue-4.9/usbip-fix-implicit-fallthrough-warning.patch queue-4.9/orangefs-initialize-op-on-loop-restart-in-orangefs_devreq_read.patch queue-4.9/cma-fix-calculation-of-aligned-offset.patch queue-4.9/drivers-base-cacheinfo-fix-boot-error-message-when-acpi-is-enabled.patch queue-4.9/mm-page_alloc-fix-potential-false-positive-in-__zone_watermark_ok.patch queue-4.9/kvm-arm-arm64-check-pagesize-when-allocating-a-hugepage-at-stage-2.patch queue-4.9/acpica-namespace-fix-operand-cache-leak.patch queue-4.9/revert-module-add-retpoline-tag-to-vermagic.patch queue-4.9/orangefs-use-list_for_each_entry_safe-in-purge_waiting_ops.patch queue-4.9/acpi-scan-prefer-devices-without-_hid-_cid-for-_adr-matching.patch queue-4.9/scsi-libiscsi-fix-shifting-of-did_requeue-host-byte.patch queue-4.9/usbip-prevent-vhci_hcd-driver-from-leaking-a-socket-pointer-address.patch queue-4.9/netfilter-nfnetlink_cthelper-add-missing-permission-checks.patch