Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] x86: Fix a F00F bug warning and cleanup surrounding code

[Borislav Petkov]

On Tue, May 26, 2026 at 11:44:36PM -0700, Sohil Mehta wrote:
> It's mainly because of the Fixes tag in patch 1. I didn't want to club
> removing clear_cpu_bug() and removing the kernel notice with the fixup
> patch. I wasn't sure if some stable kernel used clear_cpu_bug().
> 
> Would you prefer that I merge all three into a single one? Do you want
> me to keep the Fixes tag in patch 1?

Why would you even want to backport this to stable? Which of the stable rules
apply here and why are we making too much noise again about obsolete hw?

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