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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@linux.intel.com>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
	hpa@zytor.com, linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@redhat.com,
	torvalds@linux-foundation.org, ryan@innosecc.com,
	tglx@linutronix.de
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/cpu] x86, cpu: Fix X86_FEATURE_NOPL
Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2010 09:30:37 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4CAB52AD.60502@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101005094712.GA5626@a1.tnic>

On 10/5/2010 2:47 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
>
> tag it for -stable too?
>

What is the flaw that justifies it for stable, or even .36?  It seems 
relatively harmless, with at most a very minor performance issue, unless 
I'm missing something?

	-hpa


  reply	other threads:[~2010-10-05 16:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-10-03  9:37 NOPL on 32-bit Borislav Petkov
2010-10-03 14:43 ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-10-03 15:22   ` [PATCH] x86, cpu: X86_FEATURE_NOPL should be disabled on 32-bit only Borislav Petkov
2010-10-03 18:19     ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-10-03 20:11       ` Borislav Petkov
2010-10-03 22:22         ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-10-04  7:31           ` [PATCH] x86, cpu: Fix X86_FEATURE_NOPL Borislav Petkov
2010-10-04 20:36             ` [tip:x86/cpu] " tip-bot for Borislav Petkov
2010-10-05  9:47               ` Borislav Petkov
2010-10-05 16:30                 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2010-10-05 16:53                   ` Borislav Petkov
2010-10-04 20:47             ` [PATCH] " Linus Torvalds
2010-10-04 21:02               ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-10-04 21:12                 ` Linus Torvalds
2010-10-04 21:21                   ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-10-04 21:48                     ` Borislav Petkov
2010-10-04 21:50                       ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-10-04 21:53                       ` H. Peter Anvin
2010-10-05  6:19                         ` Borislav Petkov
2010-10-04 22:17                     ` Hugh Dickins
2010-10-04 22:19                       ` H. Peter Anvin

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