Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 4.9 00/92] 4.9.81-stable review | From | Yves-Alexis Perez <> | Date | Sun, 18 Feb 2018 18:25:32 +0100 |
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On Sat, 2018-02-17 at 09:35 -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote: > Hmm, that chunk really doesn't do what the original patch is supposed to do, > meaning it won't provide the vulnerability protection it is supposed to provide > (AFAICS that is Meltdown). Just a note in case anyone is concerned about > actually providing that protection.
Right now my concern was really about fixing 4.9.81/4.9.82 build failure on powerpc. Whether the patches backported in those two releases are enough to fix Meltdown or not is a different thing indeed (and an information I'd be glad to have too).
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