linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 11/17] x86/cpu: Remove all SRSO interface nonsense

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Date:   Wed, 9 Aug 2023 11:34:12 -0400
From:   Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, David.Kaplan@....com,
        Andrew.Cooper3@...rix.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 11/17] x86/cpu: Remove all SRSO interface nonsense

On Wed, Aug 09, 2023 at 09:12:29AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> Now that retbleed can do all that the srso knob did, and without the
> dubious interactions with retbleed selections, remove it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c |  188 ++-------------------------------------------
>  drivers/base/cpu.c         |    8 -
>  include/linux/cpu.h        |    2 
>  3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 188 deletions(-)

Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/srso.rst also needs to be updated...

-- 
Josh