Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 15 Nov 2019 21:21:45 +0100 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] x86/speculation: Fix incorrect MDS/TAA mitigation status | From | Boris Petkov <> |
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On November 15, 2019 8:35:54 PM GMT+01:00, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote: >See the last sentence of the paragraph you replied to :)
Proves even more that this should be documented in *all* places that talk about TAA cmdline options and we should not rely on references but write stuff out everywhere so that people can see it directly.
>But serioulsy, yes we should mention the interaction in >kernel-parameters.txt as well. Something like: > > off - Unconditionally disable MDS mitigation. >+ On TAA affected machines, mds=off can be prevented >+ by an active TAA mitigation as both vulnerabilities >+ are mitigated with the same mechanism. > >and the other way round for TAA.
Ack.
Thx.
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