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On Fri, May 07 2021 at 10:23, RK Saripalli wrote:
> On 5/7/2021 10:13 AM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>> Something like the below. You get the idea.
>
> I agree and the first patchset did indeed treat this vulnerability just
> like others. It was converted to this patchset based on reviews from the upstream
> community.

Yes, I saw that and said so.

But I fundamentaly disagree with that for the reasons I mentioned. Sorry
for not paying attention early on.

Thanks,

        tglx