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SubjectRe: [PATCH -v2] x86/retpoline: Ensure default return thunk isn't used at runtime
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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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