linux-kernel - Re: [patch 01/24] x86/speculation: Update the TIF

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Message-ID: <20181121230706.GG27559@zn.tnic>
Date:   Thu, 22 Nov 2018 00:07:06 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linux List Kernel Mailing <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Andrew Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>, thomas.lendacky@....com,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>, dave.hansen@...el.com,
        Casey Schaufler <casey.schaufler@...el.com>,
        "Mallick, Asit K" <asit.k.mallick@...el.com>, jcm@...hat.com,
        longman9394@...il.com, Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        david.c.stewart@...el.com, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 01/24] x86/speculation: Update the TIF_SSBD comment

On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 11:56:46PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 02:55:20PM -0800, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > part of the problem is that "sharing" has multiple dimensions: time
> > and space (e.g. hyperthreading) which makes it hard to find a nice
> > term for it other than describing who attacks whom
> 
> Shared Hardware Isolation of Tasks ?

Ok, srsly:

spectre_v2_task_isol=

to mean, task isolation and it not being an abbreviation.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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