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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 02/13] arm64: Kconfig: Reword UNMAP_KERNEL_AT_EL0 kconfig entry
    On Mon, Jan 08, 2018 at 05:32:27PM +0000, Will Deacon wrote:
    > Although CONFIG_UNMAP_KERNEL_AT_EL0 does make KASLR more robust, it's
    > actually more useful as a mitigation against speculation attacks that
    > can leak arbitrary kernel data to userspace through speculation.
    >
    > Reword the Kconfig help message to reflect this, and make the option
    > depend on EXPERT so that it is on by default for the majority of users.

    I still haven't heard an anwer on why this isn't using
    CONFIG_PAGE_TABLE_ISOLATION but instead reinvents its own symbol.

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