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Date:   Fri, 2 Sep 2022 16:27:46 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Varsha Teratipally <teratipally@google.com>
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Subject: Re: Request to cherry-pick 20401d1058f3f841f35a594ac2fc1293710e55b9
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On Fri, Sep 02, 2022 at 01:59:11PM +0000, Varsha Teratipally wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Commit 20401d1058f3f841f35a594ac2fc1293710e55b9("ipc: replace costly
> bailout check in sysvipc_find_ipc()" fixes a high cve and optimizes the
> costly loop by adding a checkpoint, which I think might be a good
> candidate for the stable branches

What do you mean by "high cve"?

And that feels like it's an artificial benchmark fixup, what real
workload benefits from this change?

thanks,

greg k-h