From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lithops.sigma-star.at (mailout.nod.at [116.203.167.152]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AA8BB3161A2 for ; Wed, 27 May 2026 18:54:38 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=116.203.167.152 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1779908081; cv=none; b=V0JXPBPp6XOGrf7wPJZ3bUiGoMV3qSCfiGER/A2HP1hk+d14DYFhzuxZTFBGnzeyZ0NvFFGutqff51jS8fF53JsJBEJUgeKZ4mc3LVt1a0jUhAaWH7cNbx2HLUL3TzlhYxR1TtUh2N/UxOOeJBPk7X72fhOp6BEZo4H0hbUsStw= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1779908081; c=relaxed/simple; bh=3p3JMh03eTqTxoN79ziCaZIxEew/2ofWY0hk773AKz0=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:Subject: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=ffVgHzZQDPZ5zu3bnX51DaFJx9nPCdMH5lRFdaV27ov1knSkpHC8HcNU0I370F1WXVoe8WRsEB/TeZtCFwPsz/Ou9FRIzKXktbMi6vNevYzJ2l5etckjACZQpAlN31zUaXKKO7vZbuY6oemSlxVG0ivRz01pqFd07QiBRVBKadw= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=nod.at; spf=fail smtp.mailfrom=nod.at; arc=none smtp.client-ip=116.203.167.152 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=nod.at Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=fail smtp.mailfrom=nod.at Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lithops.sigma-star.at (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB94D298580; Wed, 27 May 2026 20:54:35 +0200 (CEST) Received: from lithops.sigma-star.at ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (lithops.sigma-star.at [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10032) with ESMTP id abx3OI5pk6rc; Wed, 27 May 2026 20:54:35 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lithops.sigma-star.at (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E880298599; Wed, 27 May 2026 20:54:35 +0200 (CEST) Received: from lithops.sigma-star.at ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (lithops.sigma-star.at [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id k7IeZ0ZwePGw; Wed, 27 May 2026 20:54:35 +0200 (CEST) Received: from lithops.sigma-star.at (lithops.sigma-star.at [195.201.40.130]) by lithops.sigma-star.at (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18F0C298580; Wed, 27 May 2026 20:54:35 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 20:54:34 +0200 (CEST) From: Richard Weinberger To: Sohil Mehta Cc: bp , dave hansen , x86 , Thomas Gleixner , mingo , hpa , Josh Poimboeuf , andrew cooper3 , Tony Luck , "Ahmed S. Darwish" , linux-kernel Message-ID: <1853680315.28414.1779908074808.JavaMail.zimbra@nod.at> In-Reply-To: <1507cb8a-a1db-4433-ad5e-0003f192cc33@intel.com> References: <20260518221718.3303288-1-sohil.mehta@intel.com> <20260524163355.GAahMocxUTCLstCTrs@fat_crate.local> <7082196b-f690-4ad9-9e61-b301da2b1c83@intel.com> <20260527180644.GAahcytG-XPNAf18VP@fat_crate.local> <8ab3a101-3658-4b90-ba66-a840b7bd3572@intel.com> <1507cb8a-a1db-4433-ad5e-0003f192cc33@intel.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] x86: Fix a F00F bug warning and cleanup surrounding code Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Zimbra 8.8.12_GA_3807 (ZimbraWebClient - FF150 (Linux)/8.8.12_GA_3809) Thread-Topic: x86: Fix a F00F bug warning and cleanup surrounding code Thread-Index: gcxxE53xkyuo0YSxaElH+VkCwZdA6w== ----- Urspr=C3=BCngliche Mail ----- > Von: "Sohil Mehta" > (I pressed send too soon) >=20 > On 5/27/2026 11:49 AM, Sohil Mehta wrote: >> On 5/27/2026 11:06 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote: >>=20 >>> Why would you even want to backport this to stable? Which of the stable= rules >>> apply here and why are we making too much noise again about obsolete hw= ? >>> >>=20 >> That's completely fine with me. My primary goal with this posting is to >> simplify that section of code. >=20 > I'll combine the patches into a single one and remove the fixes tag. Thanks for taking care of it!