> -----Original Message----- > From: David Marchand <david.march...@redhat.com> > Sent: Friday, June 26, 2020 17:17 > To: Wang, Haiyue <haiyue.w...@intel.com> > Cc: Kevin Traynor <ktray...@redhat.com>; Luca Boccassi <bl...@debian.org>; > dev <dev@dpdk.org>; Burakov, > Anatoly <anatoly.bura...@intel.com>; dpdk stable <sta...@dpdk.org>; Harman > Kalra <hka...@marvell.com> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] bus/pci: fix VF bus error for memory access > > On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 8:34 PM Wang, Haiyue <haiyue.w...@intel.com> wrote: > > > > I can see that some distros have already started backporting the fix > > > > in kernel (fc31, fc32 and rhel7 at least for what I saw). > > > > 18.11 and 19.11 will need this fix at some point. > > > > I'll let you decide on the proper timing. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It looks an important fix. I think it's worth having in 18.11.9. I will > > > apply and create an 18.11.9-rc2 tomorrow, so if anyone hasn't started > > > validation already, they can validate with it in. > > > > Alex post a fix in kernel just now. So looks like the DPDK patch is nice > > to have, not a MUST. ;-) > > > > https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/159310421505.27590.16617666489295503039.st...@gimli.home/T/#u > > Yes, this has been discussed offlist and Alex proposed an adjustment > on the CVE fix. > But we still have to live with the situation where people will have > only the first part of the fix. > I am still for backporting this change to stable branches. >
Got it, thanks for sharing. > > -- > David Marchand
