Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 21 Jun 2023 15:58:10 -0700 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] x86/bugs: Break down mitigations configurations | From | Dave Hansen <> |
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On 6/21/23 15:52, Breno Leitao wrote: > On Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 03:35:45PM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote: >> On 6/21/23 12:41, Pawan Gupta wrote: >>> Yes, a single series (or a patch) that adds config for each mitigation >>> would be good. >> Do people _really_ want per-mitigation compile-time controls? That >> seems like kinda a pain. >> >> I Boris suggested it, but it seems like a _bit_ of overkill to me. >> >> Would a compile-time option that just defaulted _everything_ to >> mitigations=off behavior work instead? That way we don't end up with a >> billion new config options. > This is exactly what my original patch proposed. It solves the problem with > a few lines of changes. > > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230203120615.1121272-1-leitao@debian.org/
Hey Boris,
I like this simple thingy better. If for no other reason than it reduces the burden of what we have to do for every _new_ mitigation going forward.
Do you like the direction this is going? Maybe I'm missing something.
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