Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 2620:137:e000::1:18 as permitted sender) client-ip=2620:137:e000::1:18;
Date:   Mon, 30 May 2022 17:25:41 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Cc:     Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
        "# 3.4.x" <stable@vger.kernel.org>,
        Russell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>,
        Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>,
        Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>,
        Keith Packard <keithpac@amazon.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.18 147/159] ARM: 9201/1: spectre-bhb: rely on
 linker to emit cross-section literal loads
Message-ID: <YpTh9dan5lJgH2aL@kroah.com>
References: <20220530132425.1929512-1-sashal@kernel.org>
 <20220530132425.1929512-147-sashal@kernel.org>
 <CAMj1kXGAuKTqV0S4jxticZJp7ChtqqeXjn7SV1E83p5yVE1pkw@mail.gmail.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <CAMj1kXGAuKTqV0S4jxticZJp7ChtqqeXjn7SV1E83p5yVE1pkw@mail.gmail.com>
Precedence: bulk

On Mon, May 30, 2022 at 03:32:47PM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> AUTONAK
> 
> As discussed before, please disregard all patches authored by me when
> running the bot.

Ok, but why wasn't this spectre-bhb commit asked to be backported to
stable in the first place?  Do older kernels not need these types of
fixes?

thanks,

greg k-h