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

[Michael Ellerman]

Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au> writes:
> 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.

Yeah it was a request from one of the distros. They plan to take it once
it lands in 4.4 stable.

cheers