linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] x86/speculation: Add PSF mitigation kernel parameters

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Message-ID: <20210421185725.GC22401@zn.tnic>
Date:   Wed, 21 Apr 2021 20:57:25 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     "Saripalli, RK" <rsaripal@....com>
Cc:     Bandan Das <bsd@...hat.com>, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
        mingo@...hat.com, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] x86/speculation: Add PSF mitigation kernel parameters

On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 01:55:03PM -0500, Saripalli, RK wrote:
> I separated them into separate patches because the KVM patch depends on one of the patch.
> The corresponding QEMU patch depends on another patch.
> 
> By separating them into 4 separate patches, my thinking was I could keep them logically separate.

Sure but they all go together through the same tree - why does that
matter for Qemu/KVM?

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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