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SubjectRe: [PATCH v8 04/12] x86/spectre: Add boot time option to select Spectre v2 mitigation
On Tue, 23 Jan 2018, Andi Kleen wrote:

> > Distros have always been in the situation "we let the external modules to
> > load, as it'll work when it comes to functionality, but then it's our
> > duty/responsibility to explain to 3rd parties that they *really* should
> > recompile". Mostly because of security fixes to static inlines, but not
> > only that.
>
> You can use my previous patch which merely warns:
>
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ak/linux-misc.git/log/?h=spec/retpoline-module-2

Thanks for pointing this out, Andi. I've been just now writing more or
less the same thing; ditching that and will reuse your patch instead.

Why was the more aggresive version (6cfb521ac0d5b) merged into Linus' tree
instead of that?

Thanks,

--
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs

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