Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 21 Apr 2021 20:48:26 +0200 | From | Borislav Petkov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 4/4] x86/speculation: Add PSF mitigation kernel parameters |
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On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 02:32:13PM -0400, Bandan Das wrote: > Maybe, rename the parameter to something like psfd_disable, then off > -> disables mitigation and on -> enables it. Or just rewriting this to > off -> turns off predictive store forwarding is probably ok too.
Yes:
off - Turns off predictive store forwarding. on - Turns on...
Ramakrishna, you don't have to call this a mitigation - this is a flag which controls the feature.
Also, those 4 patches can be merged into a single one which simply adds the feature along with the boot-time controls.
Thx.
-- Regards/Gruss, Boris.
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