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Date:   Fri, 27 Oct 2023 17:38:23 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/6] Delay VERW
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On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 08:32:42AM -0700, Pawan Gupta wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 05:12:26PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 08:05:35AM -0700, Pawan Gupta wrote:
> > > I am going on a long vacation next week, I won't be working for the rest
> > > of the year. So I wanted to get this in a good shape quickly. This
> > > patchset addresses some security issues (although theoretical). So there
> > > is some sense of urgency. Sorry for spamming, I'll take you off the To:
> > > list.
> > 
> > Even if you're leaving for vacation, I'm sure some colleague of yours or
> > dhansen will take over this for you. So there's no need to keep sending
> > this every day. Imagine everyone who leaves for vacation would start
> > doing that...
> 
> I can imagine the amount emails maintainers get. I'll take care of this
> in future. But, its good to get some idea on how much is too much,
> specially for a security issue?

You said it wasn't a security issue (theoretical?)

And are we supposed to drop everything for such things?  Again, think of
the people who are on the other end of your patches please...

greg k-h