Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 8 Jan 2018 21:27:25 +0100 (CET) | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] clarify how insecure CPU is |
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On Mon, 8 Jan 2018, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > First, what is going on with X86_BUG_AMD_E400 and X86_BUG_AMD_APIC_C1E > ? They seem to refer to the same bug, perhaps comment should mention > that? (Do we need two flags for one bug?) > > Next, maybe X86_BUG_CPU_INSECURE is a bit too generic? This seems to > address "Meltdown" problem, but not "Spectre". Should it be limited to > PPro and newer Intel CPUs? > > Should another erratum be added for "Spectre"? This is present even on > AMD CPUs, but should not be present in 486, maybe Pentium, and some > Atom chips? > > Plus... is this reasonable interface? > > bugs : cpu_insecure
We've renamed it to meltdown already and added spectre_v1/v2 bits for the rest of the mess.
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