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

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Date:   Mon, 12 Jun 2023 20:13:15 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc:     Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <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 Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 11:06:35AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> >           If you say N, all mitigations will be disabled. You really
> >           should know what you are doing to say so.
> 
> I would say:                         doing to say No.
> 
> Was there a typo there?

I don't think so - it reads right to me this way too. Yours would simply
make it more explicit but the "so" is the "N" at the beginning of the
sentence:

"You really should know what you're doing to say so, i.e., the N".

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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