On Thu, Jan 04, 2018 at 10:23:40AM -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote: > On 01/03/2018 10:50 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 03, 2018 at 09:17:26PM -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote: > >> On 12/11/2017 09:59 AM, Catalin Marinas wrote: > >>> On Wed, Dec 06, 2017 at 12:35:19PM +0000, Will Deacon wrote: > >>>> Patches are also pushed here: > >>>> > >>>> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/will/linux.git kpti > >>>> > >>>> Feedback and testing welcome. At this point, I'd like to start thinking > >>>> about getting this merged for 4.16. > >>> > >>> For the record, the fixed up version was pushed by Will here: > >>> > >>> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git kpti > >>> > >>> and I queued it for 4.16 in the arm64 for-next/core branch (same tree as > >>> above). > >> > >> Greg proposed the x86/KPTI patches for the stable-4.9.75 queue, is there > >> a plan to get the ARM64/KPTI patches backported towards stable trees as > >> well? > > > > Stable tree patches have to get into Linus's tree first before I can do > > anything :) > > > > Anyway, once that happens, yes, there is a plan, but it's a bit > > "different", and I'll talk about it once these are merged. > > Great, thanks! Bonus question, if someone is using any of the affected > devices in AArch32, should we be expecting to see ARM/Linux changes as > well, that is, is there a plan to come up with a kpti implementation for > ARM?
I have not heard of anyone working on this for any arm32 platforms, as of this time, sorry. Which makes me worry about my android tv, glad I don't connect it to the network :( thanks, greg k-h
