Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 Aug 2023 23:17:27 +0200 | From | Borislav Petkov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86/srso: Disable the mitigation on unaffected configurations |
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On Mon, Aug 14, 2023 at 01:53:00PM -0700, Josh Poimboeuf wrote: > cpu_smt_possible() already does that.
Ok.
> 2. ENUMERATION OF NEW CAPABILITIES
Yes, exactly. On the next page: "Hypervisor software should synthesize... " I got confused initially too.
> Since technically the CPU is affected, I'm thinking it should say > "Mitigation: SMT disabled" or such, instead of "Not affected".
Lemme see how ugly it becomes tomorrow.
> Hm? You mean the *_NO ones that determine whether the BUG bits get set > in the first place? How do they print "Not affected"?
If SMT is disabled on those configurations, it is not affected. But ok, "SMT disabled".
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