Re: [PATCH 5.18 000/231] 5.18.13-rc1 review

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2022-07-20T19:44:00Z

On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 06:05:55PM +0200, Viktor Jägersküpper wrote:
> Greg Kroah-Hartman:
> > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 5.18.13 release.
> > There are 231 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> > to this one. If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> > let me know.
>
> Hi Greg,
>
> I noticed that there are several patches in the list which are also part of your
> retbleed-5.18 queue. If I am not mistaken, these are:
>
> [PATCH 5.18 145/231] x86/kvm: Fix SETcc emulation for return thunks
> [PATCH 5.18 146/231] x86/sev: Avoid using __x86_return_thunk
> [PATCH 5.18 147/231] x86/bugs: Report AMD retbleed vulnerability
> [PATCH 5.18 148/231] objtool: Update Retpoline validation
> [PATCH 5.18 149/231] x86/xen: Rename SYS* entry points
> [PATCH 5.18 150/231] x86/cpu/amd: Add Spectral Chicken
>
> I'm wondering if this is intended or if it would be better to release a stable
> kernel with all the retbleed patches later because of the problems that came up
> with these patches so far. I'm just a user, so I can't say anything about the
> technical side, and I don't know how the patches were selected.

Yes, sorry, I need to drop those and then add them only as part of the
retbleed stuff.

thanks,

greg k-h