Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 11 Dec 2018 22:19:44 +0100 | From | Borislav Petkov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86/speculation: Add support for STIBP always-on preferred mode |
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On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 07:19:09PM +0000, Lendacky, Thomas wrote: > Alternatively, I can reuse SPECTRE_V2_USER_STRICT and issue pr_info_once() > to show that the method has been switched. This would reduce the changes > to the code, but then the sysfs information doesn't show the switch (which > may be just fine).
You can still query X86_FEATURE_AMD_STIBP_ALWAYS_ON in stibp_state(), no?
But yeah, forcing SPECTRE_V2_USER_STRICT on STIBP_ALWAYS_ON makes sense to me, with the already gazillion options we have :-\
-- Regards/Gruss, Boris.
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