[PATCH stable v4.4 00/52] powerpc spectre backports for 4.4

[Michael Ellerman]

Greg KH <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org> writes:

> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 12:19:45AM +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
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>> Hi Greg/Sasha,
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>> Please queue up these powerpc patches for 4.4 if you have no objections.
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> why?  Do you, or someone else, really care about spectre issues in 4.4?
> Who is using ppc for 4.4 becides a specific enterprise distro (and they
> don't seem to be pulling in my stable updates anyway...)?

Someone asked for it, but TBH I can't remember who it was. I can chase
it up if you like.

cheers