Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86/speculation: Fix incorrect MDS/TAA mitigation status | From | Waiman Long <> | Date | Fri, 15 Nov 2019 09:40:56 -0500 |
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On 11/14/19 5:09 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 04:58:24PM -0500, Waiman Long wrote: >>> Maybe delay MDS mitigation print till TAA is evaluated. >> I will see what can be done about that. However, this is not a critical >> issue and I may not change it if there is no easy solution. > Swapping the two mitigation selection calls in check_bugs() might > work...
Not really. If taa_select_mitigation() goes first and with "tsx_async_abort=off" only, the mds file is correct, but the taa file will be wrong.
Cheers, Longman
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