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

[Michael Ellerman]

Greg KH <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org> writes:
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 04:26:45PM +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
>> 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,
>> >>> 
>> >>> Please queue up these powerpc patches for 4.4 if you have no objections.
>> >>
>> >> 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.
>
> Ok, thanks for confirming, I'll work on this this afternoon.

Thanks. If there's any problems let us know.

cheers