linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/speculation: Clean up various Spectre related details

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Date:   Sun, 11 Feb 2018 19:25:19 +0000
From:   David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
        karahmed@...zon.de, sironi@...zon.de, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, pbonzini@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de,
        peterz@...radead.org, jmattson@...gle.com, rkrcmar@...hat.com,
        arjan.van.de.ven@...el.com, dave.hansen@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/speculation: Clean up various Spectre related
 details



On Sun, 2018-02-11 at 19:50 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> From 82c2b2f29691143a05181333f387e786646aa28b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
> Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2018 11:51:57 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] x86/speculation: Clean up various Spectre related details
> 
> Harmonize all the Spectre messages so that a:
> 
>     dmesg | grep -i spectre
> 
> ... gives us most Spectre related kernel boot messages.
> 
> Also fix a few other details:
> 
>  - clarify a comment about firmware speculation control
> 
>  - s/KPTI/PTI
> 
>  - remove various line-breaks that made the code uglier
> 
> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
> Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>



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

with a couple of comments:


-        * If neither SMEP or KPTI are available, there is a risk of
+        * If neither SMEP or PTI are available, there is a risk of

Make that 'neither SMEP nor PTI' while you're at it though please;
that's bugged me a couple of times in passing.

And should these say 'Spectre v2' not just 'Spectre'?

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