Received: by 2002:a05:6a10:17d3:0:0:0:0 with SMTP id hz19csp962966pxb; Sun, 11 Apr 2021 03:10:02 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzK2RTsAhqvFdmL45d+VYhbnXs8hblfo5MB3JNjrv8zNCxEi1a1m5SiAHHvVOj/F+NeWeVz X-Received: by 2002:a63:d009:: with SMTP id z9mr21370414pgf.16.1618135802426; Sun, 11 Apr 2021 03:10:02 -0700 (PDT) ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1618135802; cv=none; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; b=NLlPZ+C8KHMq/AP8Xhf/qLqRdwghAd13Sb198q7GIG8iuPnHIdIZn3rqU0HGrdjfPW ZHSSwIEcPAU3Qf66XPM6XxCjQfnjH9iHReMjp4yU7ijY2KEAosDVhREDOah7f0+7SJ8d TUAIVyICVVqZhW2Wr/U2mfjjBAJN/vAXLBJzOAjO3Vm/mmXiNl0gBACn9lYZPXgCMKn7 f3edmT44cXGv3qQ4ctDSEdpnRmTSMTvohHt8kQVxXqJPZllkLnB/Soz9kTNQiuLtl8E1 yRuSZbjHRF3NrBMvNwjA58G+l3D6OmwYwb+qEHMccw1SSyWVJ5cGSBj+v3sVtKoZreqi v7Dg== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; h=list-id:precedence:in-reply-to:content-disposition:mime-version :references:message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:dkim-signature; bh=Gv2RXv40YjtCzlOZL0wWbh/CUOV9xLmCkRj2zzVplVk=; b=ZFOWOLSW3py+b8d5jfoOUR/6f/JpwqOQXcMP5zaBsI1UJjz+l3gDDe2LXVQWApSi5b 3lmo7CH18sq9dNOt4duhnfIW0+fpzwJuiWT/zmVhhEtARsWwMauTeTPuyT9Rj4Qgwj76 XzlNPtsGKfFDaYZfjiOO0WABWcxTrJNoEGcgxwl+entdh8YhwBaOweZTVAfccNMCYIuG OLroPxRjMVrh09j0SKsGLKlVZCQ+jOK4F5fMKZ8GmyzeAPnHJmUPsJtZcNgmm3krIdeN S/rOjcafIPVMwH5yxqEVGXgBdrU/qVRRCJtbN6/m5nuyv7my10DEmp8MJDOgdhC4LasQ FjSA== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.google.com; dkim=pass header.i=@alien8.de header.s=dkim header.b=B8TZtCk0; spf=pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 23.128.96.18 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=NONE sp=NONE dis=NONE) header.from=alien8.de Return-Path: Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org. [23.128.96.18]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id v4si9337033plg.356.2021.04.11.03.09.36; Sun, 11 Apr 2021 03:10:02 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 23.128.96.18 as permitted sender) client-ip=23.128.96.18; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; dkim=pass header.i=@alien8.de header.s=dkim header.b=B8TZtCk0; spf=pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 23.128.96.18 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=NONE sp=NONE dis=NONE) header.from=alien8.de Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S235123AbhDKJ0D (ORCPT + 99 others); Sun, 11 Apr 2021 05:26:03 -0400 Received: from mail.skyhub.de ([5.9.137.197]:59764 "EHLO mail.skyhub.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229804AbhDKJ0D (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Apr 2021 05:26:03 -0400 Received: from zn.tnic (p200300ec2f23de002e7d52dd33d8f804.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [IPv6:2003:ec:2f23:de00:2e7d:52dd:33d8:f804]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.skyhub.de (SuperMail on ZX Spectrum 128k) with ESMTPSA id 485DB1EC0283; Sun, 11 Apr 2021 11:25:46 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alien8.de; s=dkim; t=1618133146; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:in-reply-to: references:references; bh=Gv2RXv40YjtCzlOZL0wWbh/CUOV9xLmCkRj2zzVplVk=; b=B8TZtCk0Nin2Q4eI79aiGTGGpP+s2R8svFThA7abtKWL76U7xctlFBDSq+cfAdGljsSGv6 i7OA5v7e9ZrkNGER+WVJgA567/OUVNOYkvtOhL2SQMk01xwsXgCEayu7RrMqkPqO28cXbj 8Dy1ScCmlItYak7c0mCqZppR1Z4AEpQ= Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2021 11:25:43 +0200 From: Borislav Petkov To: Jan Kiszka Cc: Thomas Gleixner , Dave Hansen , Andy Lutomirski , Peter Zijlstra , Ingo Molnar , "H. Peter Anvin" , x86 , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] x86: pat: Do not compile stubbed functions when X86_PAT is off Message-ID: <20210411092543.GB14022@zn.tnic> References: <198c94a8-12ea-88e7-6f08-b3456473e5c3@siemens.com> <87r1z6xxh5.fsf@nanos.tec.linutronix.de> <802cefc7-b475-c6d6-ece7-8232d7f3891d@web.de> <20210411091056.GA14022@zn.tnic> <7c606ebd-e8d8-0853-bab5-5e77b1359dcc@web.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7c606ebd-e8d8-0853-bab5-5e77b1359dcc@web.de> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 11:12:32AM +0200, Jan Kiszka wrote: > The patches are coming from downstream usage, yes, Ok, for the future, it would be good to mention that in the commit message so that a committer knows what they're for. > but I think the solutions are relevant cleanups for upstream as well. Yeah but you know that we generally don't do "preemptive" fixes like that. But those are small enough so I don't see a problem... Thx. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette