linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] x86/pti: Rename BUG_CPU_INSECURE to BUG_CPU

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Date:   Fri, 5 Jan 2018 14:29:57 +0000
From:   "Woodhouse, David" <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] x86/pti: Rename BUG_CPU_INSECURE to BUG_CPU_MELTDOWN

On Fri, 2018-01-05 at 15:27 +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> Subject: x86/pti: Rename BUG_CPU_INSECURE to BUG_CPU_MELTDOWN
> From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2018 15:05:27 +0100
> 
> Use the name associated with the particular attack which needs page
> table
> isolation for mitigation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>

Acked-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>

I'll add the SPECTRE_V[12] and do X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE based on top of
that, as discussed.
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