Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 23 Apr 2024 07:10:23 -0700 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4 2/5] cpu/speculation: Fix CPU mitigation defaults for !x86 | From | Sean Christopherson <> |
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On Fri, Apr 19, 2024, Sean Christopherson wrote: > On Fri, Apr 19, 2024, Josh Poimboeuf wrote: > > CPU speculative execution mitigations were inadvertently disabled on > > non-x86 arches by the following commit: > > > > f337a6a21e2f ("x86/cpu: Actually turn off mitigations by default for SPECULATION_MITIGATIONS=n") > > > > Fix it by replacing CONFIG_SPECULATION_MITIGATIONS with a new generic > > CONFIG_CPU_MITIGATIONS option and moving the x86-specific mitigations to > > a separate menu which depends on CONFIG_CPU_MITIGATIONS. > > Ah drat, I didn't check my mailbox until after Cc'ing Linus my own version[*]. > > I don't have a strong preference between the two, though I do think it's worth > nothing that this will (obvioulsy) allow disabling mitigations at compile time > on all architectures, which may or may not be desirable. > > [*] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240420000556.2645001-2-seanjc@google.com
Josh, when you get a chance, can you weigh in on my menu-preserving approach?
I want to get this resolved asap so that we're not scrambing on Friday again :-)
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