From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from new2-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.224]:54283 "EHLO new2-smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727000AbeIBBow (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Sep 2018 21:44:52 -0400 Subject: WTF: patch "[PATCH] x86/kvm/vmx: Fix coding style in vmx_setup_l1d_flush()" was seriously submitted to be applied to the 4.18-stable tree? To: wang.yi59@zte.com.cn, jiang.biao2@zte.com.cn, pbonzini@redhat.com Cc: From: Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2018 14:23:26 -0700 Message-ID: <15358370061672@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: The patch below was submitted to be applied to the 4.18-stable tree. I fail to see how this patch meets the stable kernel rules as found at Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst. I could be totally wrong, and if so, please respond to and let me know why this patch should be applied. Otherwise, it is now dropped from my patch queues, never to be seen again. thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >>From d806afa495e2e2a1a726e26c5e44f27818e804c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yi Wang Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2018 13:42:39 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] x86/kvm/vmx: Fix coding style in vmx_setup_l1d_flush() Substitute spaces with tab. No functional changes. Signed-off-by: Yi Wang Reviewed-by: Jiang Biao Message-Id: <1534398159-48509-1-git-send-email-wang.yi59@zte.com.cn> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # L1TF Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c index 1519f030fd73..31e90e83fdd6 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c @@ -219,15 +219,15 @@ static int vmx_setup_l1d_flush(enum vmx_l1d_flush_state l1tf) return 0; } - if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_ARCH_CAPABILITIES)) { - u64 msr; - - rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES, msr); - if (msr & ARCH_CAP_SKIP_VMENTRY_L1DFLUSH) { - l1tf_vmx_mitigation = VMENTER_L1D_FLUSH_NOT_REQUIRED; - return 0; - } - } + if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_ARCH_CAPABILITIES)) { + u64 msr; + + rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES, msr); + if (msr & ARCH_CAP_SKIP_VMENTRY_L1DFLUSH) { + l1tf_vmx_mitigation = VMENTER_L1D_FLUSH_NOT_REQUIRED; + return 0; + } + } /* If set to auto use the default l1tf mitigation method */ if (l1tf == VMENTER_L1D_FLUSH_AUTO) {