From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (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 6F7D61DDFF; Wed, 17 Jan 2024 11:00:32 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1705489232; cv=none; b=u44m0JQ+JjWMUhLVi/ZZr8UXNphtFQi6VSIBWL/XCUnPWa8LMzIX3D4mE6T5T2FAaifO5aq8SzFfSbGOVNiewyTicnbaDMbg7RFa1DI7uzEnpo+g2EvPmWXsGYNzKwx0mMkFncZbN5V7H+O6lx1ayDQyj94qlOs05dCSS7wmJb4= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1705489232; c=relaxed/simple; bh=2mxQPFZJuiMxYKFigVDQRD9zyCF3tIWlcfet1VFifmY=; h=Received:DKIM-Signature:Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID: References:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition: Content-Transfer-Encoding:In-Reply-To; b=XuAsyd3/jYfhcFuCFSvQJNCC2tqn7E8NYN0GOwC3AU0FfWf2ZmskEiBK/dc+nJUROpwAaTE9Ev8wLmWZHy137z4zNTSChAOzO4VR7wXPYw9YkIuWAOo2X5VCSx1eHeU/ngeo1h3gQG1uqS4EzD7saJmZ2EbrCx14iTOT0v7rrRY= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=nYfNvMDH; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="nYfNvMDH" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C7C98C43390; Wed, 17 Jan 2024 11:00:31 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1705489232; bh=2mxQPFZJuiMxYKFigVDQRD9zyCF3tIWlcfet1VFifmY=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=nYfNvMDH7mId/vAtJuFtY4q9wSpGwX8KiI7X3wLMZMs72N6fpS+E1bLacMLgfN/82 +uIzh81aD3fZAJ0EK5PIJ82l1Y/EubwmXGB1IgS4PNx4yRAm0zTBOMzW39uuhbKYHQ uvopnmmTrlpVPrTPsK+ysjQW+2ZjBCzI6rVlyb0E= Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2024 12:00:29 +0100 From: Greg KH To: Paolo Bonzini Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, Borislav Petkov , Dave Hansen Subject: Re: [PATCH stable] x86/microcode: do not cache microcode if it will not be used Message-ID: <2024011756-dosage-deviator-6e03@gregkh> References: <20240115102202.1321115-1-pbonzini@redhat.com> <2024011502-shoptalk-gurgling-61f5@gregkh> <2024011543-dropout-alienable-a9e9@gregkh> 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-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <2024011543-dropout-alienable-a9e9@gregkh> On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 09:59:23PM +0100, Greg KH wrote: > On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 07:54:59PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 7:35 PM Greg KH wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 11:22:02AM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > > > > [ Upstream commit a7939f01672034a58ad3fdbce69bb6c665ce0024 ] > > > > > > This really isn't this commit id, sorry. > > > > True, that's the point of the mainline kernel where the logic most > > closely resembles the patch. stable-kernel-rules.rst does not quite > > say what to do in this case. > > Ok, then just say, "this is not upstream" and the rest of your changelog > is good. I'll edit it up tomorrow and apply it, thanks. Ok, now queued up for 6.6.y, but what about older kernel versions? Is this relevant for them as well? I will note that it does seem to apply to them properly and build, is it not relevant? thanks, greg k-h