Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] x86/speculation: Enable cross-hyperthread spectre v2 STIBP" failed to apply to 4.4-stable tree

On Sat, 10 Nov 2018, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:

The patch below does not apply to the 4.4-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to stable@vger.kernel.org.

Boris backported all my three patches in that series (dbfe2953f, 53c613fe6 and bb4b3b776 in Linus' tree) to our 4.4-based SLE12-SP3 kernel, so those ports might come handy to whoever will be doing the 4.4-stable backport:

http://kernel.suse.com/cgit/kernel/commit/?h=SLE12-SP3&id=f0d6957cb012ef... http://kernel.suse.com/cgit/kernel/commit/?h=SLE12-SP3&id=8b222bcb27ae6a... http://kernel.suse.com/cgit/kernel/commit/?h=SLE12-SP3&id=f04ca7131a830e...