From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Return-Path: <linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org>
Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand
	id S1752799AbcCASis (ORCPT <rfc822;w@1wt.eu>);
	Tue, 1 Mar 2016 13:38:48 -0500
Received: from mail.skyhub.de ([78.46.96.112]:43661 "EHLO mail.skyhub.de"
	rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP
	id S1751139AbcCASip (ORCPT <rfc822;linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>);
	Tue, 1 Mar 2016 13:38:45 -0500
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 19:38:39 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: "Rountree, Barry L." <rountree4@llnl.gov>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
        George Spelvin <linux@horizon.com>,
        "a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl" <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>,
        "acme@infradead.org" <acme@infradead.org>,
        "ak@linux.intel.com" <ak@linux.intel.com>,
        "andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com" 
	<andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
        "brgerst@gmail.com" <brgerst@gmail.com>,
        "dan.j.williams@intel.com" <dan.j.williams@intel.com>,
        "dyoung@redhat.com" <dyoung@redhat.com>,
        "hpa@zytor.com" <hpa@zytor.com>, "jolsa@redhat.com" <jolsa@redhat.com>,
        "Mcfadden, Marty Jay" <mcfadden8@llnl.gov>,
        "luto@kernel.org" <luto@kernel.org>,
        "mingo@kernel.org" <mingo@kernel.org>,
        "mingo@redhat.com" <mingo@redhat.com>, "pavel@ucw.cz" <pavel@ucw.cz>,
        "viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk" <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
        "x86@kernel.org" <x86@kernel.org>,
        "yu.c.chen@intel.com" <yu.c.chen@intel.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
        Travis Gummels <tgummels@redhat.com>,
        "Eastep, Jonathan M" <jonathan.m.eastep@intel.com>,
        "len.brown@intel.com" <len.brown@intel.com>,
        "prarit@redhat.com" <prarit@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] MSR: MSR: MSR Whitelist and Batch Introduction
Message-ID: <20160301183839.GC22677@pd.tnic>
References: <20160229145859.GA3724@pd.tnic>
 <20160229175318.14183.qmail@ns.horizon.com>
 <20160229182047.GD3724@pd.tnic>
 <AEA6FC45760E2A42897809E8E402EA1E0F2CA586@PRDEXMBX-02.the-lab.llnl.gov>
 <alpine.DEB.2.11.1603010849550.3638@nanos>
 <D2FB1410.55ABE%rountree4@llnl.gov>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <D2FB1410.55ABE%rountree4@llnl.gov>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30)
Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
List-ID: <linux-kernel.vger.kernel.org>
X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org

On Tue, Mar 01, 2016 at 06:29:59PM +0000, Rountree, Barry L. wrote:

> ... And we can provide this access on production machines without
> risking inadvertent or malicious scribbling on non-benign MSRs. And we
> can do this with one simple, straightforward kernel module.

So you can simply keep that module in your repo and apply it each time
before doing a security review. It is not meant for upstream use anyway.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

ECO tip #101: Trim your mails when you reply.