linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] x86/speculation/l1tf: Add KConfig for setting the L1D cache flush mode

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Message-ID: <CAN_oZf2t+gUqXe19Yo1mTzAgk2xNhssE-9p58EvH-gw5jpuvzA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 2 Jul 2020 21:17:39 -0600
From:   Anthony Steinhauser <asteinhauser@...gle.com>
To:     Abhishek Bhardwaj <abhishekbh@...gle.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Mark Gross <mgross@...ux.intel.com>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        x86 <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] x86/speculation/l1tf: Add KConfig for setting the L1D
 cache flush mode

Yes, this probably requires an explanation why the change is necessary
or useful. Without that it is difficult to give some meaningful
feedback.