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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Dionna Amalie Glaze <dionnaglaze@google.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>,
	Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: Please backport 980a573621ea to 6.12, 6.14
Date: Thu, 1 May 2025 20:04:38 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2025050151-recharger-cavity-b628@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAAH4kHb8OUZKh6Dbkt4BEN6w927NjKrj60CSjjg_ayqq0nDdhA@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, May 01, 2025 at 09:48:59AM -0700, Dionna Amalie Glaze wrote:
> 980a573621ea ("tpm: Make chip->{status,cancel,req_canceled} opt")
> 
> This is a dependent commit for the series of patches to add the AMD
> SEV-SNP SVSM vTPM device driver. Kernel 6.11 added SVSM support, but
> not support for the critical component for boot integrity that follows
> the SEV-SNP threat model. That series
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250410135118.133240-1-sgarzare@redhat.com/
> is applied at tip but is not yet in the mainline.

How does this fix a bug in these stable branches now?

> I have confirmed that this patch applies cleanly. Stefano's patch
> series needs a minor tweak to the first patch due to the changed
> surrounding function declarations in arch/x86/include/asm/sev.h
> https://github.com/deeglaze/amdese-linux/commits/vtpm612/
> I've independently tested the patches.

Have you read the stable kernel rules text?

totally confused,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2025-05-01 18:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-05-01 16:48 Please backport 980a573621ea to 6.12, 6.14 Dionna Amalie Glaze
2025-05-01 18:04 ` Greg KH [this message]
2025-05-01 20:06   ` Dionna Amalie Glaze
2025-05-02  4:54     ` Greg KH

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