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Date:   Mon, 27 Jan 2020 16:51:06 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: Request to backport "Documentation: Document arm64 kpti control"
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On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 08:52:33AM -0500, Sasha Levin wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 08:03:25PM -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> > Hi Greg, Sasha,
> > 
> > Could you backport upstream commit
> > de19055564c8f8f9d366f8db3395836da0b2176c ("Documentation: Document arm64
> > kpti control") to the stable 4.9, 4.14 and 4.19 kernels since they all
> > support the command line parameter.
> 
> Hey Florian,
> 
> We don't normally take documentation patches into stable trees.

Normally we do not, but this is simple enough I've queued it up for 4.19
and 4.14.  Are you sure it is ok for 4.9?  If so, Florian, can you
provide a backported version of it?

thanks,

greg k-h