ACK: [SRU][Xenial][PATCH 0/4] Xenial: Sync to upstream v4.9 (LP: #1820872)

[Kleber Souza]

On 4/1/19 3:29 PM, Juerg Haefliger wrote:
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1820872
> 
> == SRU Justification ==
> 
> Reduce the delta between Xenial 4.4 and upstream stable 4.9 in the Spectre-related areas.
> 
> == Regression Potential ==
> 
> Low. These are cosmetic cleanups (non-functional changes) and backports of low-risk commits that have been in upstream stable for quite a while already.
> 
> == Fix ==
> 
> Backport the relevant commits.
> 
> == Test Case ==
> 
> TBD.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Juerg Haefliger <juergh at canonical.com>
> 
> 
> Greg Kroah-Hartman (1):
>   Revert "module: Add retpoline tag to VERMAGIC"
> 
> Juerg Haefliger (3):
>   UBUNTU: SAUCE: cpu/hotplug: Fix Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
>   UBUNTU: SAUCE: Fix typo in Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
>   UBUNTU: SAUCE: x86: Move hunks and sync to upstream stable 4.9
> 
>  Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt  | 4 ++--
>  arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h | 7 ++++---
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c            | 4 +---
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c           | 3 +--
>  include/linux/vermagic.h             | 8 +-------
>  5 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> 

Acked-by: Kleber Sacilotto de Souza <kleber.souza at canonical.com>