Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Thu, 4 Apr 2024 00:25:42 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH -v2] x86/retpoline: Ensure default return thunk isn't used at runtime | From | Klara Modin <> |
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On 2024-04-03 22:41, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Wed, Apr 03, 2024 at 10:26:19PM +0200, Klara Modin wrote: >> Probably, I don't have much knowledge about this stuff. The machine can at >> least be useful for testing still :) > > I wouldn't use it if I were you as it wouldn't even justify the > electricity wasted. No one cares about 32-bit x86 kernels anymore and we > barely keep them alive. > > It'll be a lot more helpful if you'd test 64-bit kernels on 64-bit hw. > > :-) > > Thx. > All the more reason to continue then, even if only for nostalgia ;)
Jokes aside, I do run -next kernels regularly for my daily drivers (which are x86_64), but it's honestly not very often I notice bugs there that affect me. They have all been pretty minor or very obvious and would probably have been caught regardless, but I'll of course still report them.
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