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

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Message-ID: <20230613162015.GCZIiXP1g3L83pNLGU@fat_crate.local>
Date:   Tue, 13 Jun 2023 18:20:15 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
Cc:     pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, 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 Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 09:02:50AM -0700, Breno Leitao wrote:
>  Is it OK if I send a patch that would disable these mitigations if
> CONFIG_SPECULATION_MITIGATIONS is set to "no"?

Isn't this the direction we're going to?

So yes, I was suggesting exactly that - add those mitigations to that
submenu so that they can be controlled with config options too, like the
others.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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