linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] l1tf: drop the swap storage limit restriction when l1tf=off

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Message-ID: <nycvar.YFH.7.76.1811191436140.21108@cbobk.fhfr.pm>
Date:   Mon, 19 Nov 2018 14:36:32 +0100 (CET)
From:   Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
To:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] l1tf: drop the swap storage limit restriction when
 l1tf=off

On Wed, 14 Nov 2018, Michal Hocko wrote:

> > > +				It also drops the swap size and available
> > > +				RAM limit restriction.
> > 
> > Minor nit: I think this should explicitly mention that those two things 
> > are related to bare metal mitigation, to avoid any confusion (as otherwise 
> > the l1tf cmdline parameter is purely about hypervisor mitigations).
> 
> Do you have any specific wording in mind?
> 
> It also drops the swap size and available RAM limit restrictions on both
> hypervisor and bare metal.
> 
> Sounds better?
> 
> > With that
> > 
> > 	Acked-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
> 
> Thanks!

Yes, I think that makes it absolutely clear. Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs