linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/22] x86/srso: Fix srso_show

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Date:   Tue, 22 Aug 2023 07:23:26 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Babu Moger <babu.moger@....com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>, David.Kaplan@....com,
        Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@...rix.com>,
        Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@...e.com>,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/22] x86/srso: Fix srso_show_state() side effect

On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 09:17:06AM -0700, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> I could do that, but this check ends up getting replaced by a later
> patch anyway.
> 
> Would you want this comment in srso_select_mitigation()?  After the next
> patch it has:
> 
>   bool has_microcode = boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_IBPB_BRTYPE);
> 
> Though that seems clear to me already.

Ok, good enough.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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