From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.6 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80D04C43387 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2019 16:07:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DB4320896 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2019 16:07:57 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1547827677; bh=gRPxG8jS8fdVdf3qbXWQiJ464jo49bnMJ1LKQWmZ54E=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=unQ30qFqITTwmKzV43VkmSzjSO/iNDmkn/Nyj3RUsTw1xKQIwoytQQU3l40N5kdo7 Eyj1koMpFOFDedFJc9sLPhxeWgyOe9z5MkAWunqUo1QigFG02ZoIvvvx6Aw+OWxuZb KdAM8CpyNScWv/OXFQo1L6z4frDIb+eKafuGKPC8= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727241AbfARQH4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jan 2019 11:07:56 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:53486 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726902AbfARQH4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jan 2019 11:07:56 -0500 Received: from localhost (5356596B.cm-6-7b.dynamic.ziggo.nl [83.86.89.107]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A675D20850; Fri, 18 Jan 2019 16:07:55 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1547827676; bh=gRPxG8jS8fdVdf3qbXWQiJ464jo49bnMJ1LKQWmZ54E=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=txZNyZQ/5Hys9M/vJQ5aATXVyBSkO1l/xxJriRL4HLkDRgl+GvjYw2SPj1Mb/Yplb 3x/exBPW9f2PI981BdEEWslK11Gf1YDw/uekBnSHHK9fAJrSE7C8PMbDUK1Dbb1n17 gwb5g/5g1Rj1a+gTWVw0hbk7vp7hWIzC2SMprt2M= Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 17:07:53 +0100 From: Greg KH To: David Long Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, Russell King - ARM Linux , Florian Fainelli , Julien Thierry , Tony Lindgren , Marc Zyngier , Mark Rutland , Mark Brown Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.14 00/17] V4.14 backport of more 32-bit arm spectre patches Message-ID: <20190118160753.GE11503@kroah.com> References: <20190110175150.5239-1-dave.long@linaro.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190110175150.5239-1-dave.long@linaro.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.11.2 (2019-01-07) Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 12:51:33PM -0500, David Long wrote: > From: "David A. Long" > > V4.14 backport of spectre patches from Russell M. King's spectre branch. Based on some recent private email threads I had about this series, here is what I would like to see for the next time this is posted: - Patch series such that someone moving from one tree to a newer one does not experience regressions (i.e. a 4.19 version of this series, and 4.20 where needed.) - a statement saying how this was tested. As part of that statement, there better be something like "we tested using our reproducer and it shows that there is no longer an issue." Yes, I know Spectre reproducers are hard to come by, but they are out there and I do not want to take a patch series that is not at least tested for the thing that it is supposed to be solving. thanks, greg k-h