Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] KVM: x86: Refactor picdev_write() to prevent Spectre-v1/L1TF" failed to apply to 4.4-stable tree

[Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>]

On Sun, Feb 09, 2020 at 12:54:21PM +0100, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
>
>The patch below does not apply to the 4.4-stable tree.
>If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
>tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
>id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.
>
>thanks,
>
>greg k-h
>
>------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
>
>From 14e32321f3606e4b0970200b6e5e47ee6f1e6410 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>From: Marios Pomonis <pomonis@google.com>
>Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 12:47:43 -0800
>Subject: [PATCH] KVM: x86: Refactor picdev_write() to prevent Spectre-v1/L1TF
> attacks
>
>This fixes a Spectre-v1/L1TF vulnerability in picdev_write().
>It replaces index computations based on the (attacked-controlled) port
>number with constants through a minor refactoring.
>
>Fixes: 85f455f7ddbe ("KVM: Add support for in-kernel PIC emulation")
>
>Signed-off-by: Nick Finco <nifi@google.com>
>Signed-off-by: Marios Pomonis <pomonis@google.com>
>Reviewed-by: Andrew Honig <ahonig@google.com>
>Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
>Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
>Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>

I took in 9fecaa9e32ae ("KVM: x86: drop picdev_in_range()") as a
dependency and queued both for 4.4.

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Thanks,
Sasha