linux-kernel - Re: STIBP by default.. Revert?

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Message-ID: <20181118235832.GA13936@tassilo.jf.intel.com>
Date:   Sun, 18 Nov 2018 15:58:32 -0800
From:   Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>,
        Casey Schaufler <casey.schaufler@...el.com>,
        Linux List Kernel Mailing <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: STIBP by default.. Revert?

> So my patchset and Jiri's patchset should probably be merged together, so the
> users have a choice of the behavior.

... or delay Jiri's patchkit until the scheduler can actually check
properly for the cases when it is really needed. 

-Andi