linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cpu/bugs: Disable CPU mitigations at compilation time

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Date:   Fri, 9 Jun 2023 19:33:43 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com,
        paul@...l-moore.com, leit@...a.com, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cpu/bugs: Disable CPU mitigations at compilation time

On Fri, Feb 03, 2023 at 04:06:15AM -0800, Breno Leitao wrote:
> Right now it is not possible to disable CPU vulnerabilities mitigations
> at build time. Mitigation needs to be disabled passing kernel
> parameters, such as 'mitigations=off'.
> 
> Create a new config option (CONFIG_CPU_MITIGATIONS_DEFAULT_OFF) that
> sets the global variable `cpu_mitigations` to OFF, instead of AUTO. This
> allows the creation of kernel binaries that boots with the CPU
> mitigations turned off by default, and does not require dealing kernel
> parameters.

What's the real-life use case for this?

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Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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