Re: [PATCH v4 0/7] Retbleed fixes

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Sun Jun 22 2025 - 12:01:56 EST


On Wed, Jun 11, 2025 at 10:28:44AM -0700, Pawan Gupta wrote:
> Pawan Gupta (7):
> x86/retbleed: Avoid AUTO after the select step
> x86/retbleed: Simplify the =stuff checks
> x86/bugs: Avoid warning when overriding return thunk
> x86/its: Use switch/case to apply mitigation
> x86/retbleed: Introduce cdt_possible()
> x86/its: Remove =stuff dependency on retbleed
> x86/its: Allow stuffing in eIBRS+retpoline mode also

Note that the subject prefixes are "x86/bugs:" not the mitigations themselves.

https://kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/maintainer-tip.html#patch-subject

I've fixed them up.

Otherwise looks ok to me, lemme put them through the test.

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