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Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2023 07:11:47 -0700
From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>, tglx@...utronix.de, bp@...en8.de,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>, leit@...a.com,
"open list:X86 ARCHITECTURE (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)"
<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] x86/bugs: Add a separate config for each mitigation
On Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 12:50:59PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> * Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Oct 12, 2023 at 08:51:24PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > > > Another way to avoid ifdeffery:
> > > >
> > > > static enum retbleed_mitigation_cmd retbleed_cmd __ro_after_init =
> > > > IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETBLEED) ? RETBLEED_CMD_AUTO : RETBLEED_CMD_OFF;
> > >
> > > I think we could make it a simple:
> > >
> > > static enum retbleed_mitigation_cmd retbleed_cmd __ro_after_init = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETBLEED);
> > >
> > > Because RETBLEED_CMD_AUTO && RETBLEED_CMD_OFF maps naturally to 1 and 0.
> > > Maybe add a comment to the enum to maintain this property in the future
> > > too.
> >
> > Hm, that both obfuscates the default and makes it fragile. The fact
> > that it would need a comment to try to prevent breaking it in the future
> > is a clue that maybe we shouldn't do it ;-)
>
> Can be enforced with BUILD_BUG_ON().
That replaces fragility with brittleness. If we change a default then
we have to go rearrange the corresponding enum, and update the
BUILD_BUG_ONs.
More importantly, it's still less readable because the reader now has to
go read the enum values to cross-reference the hard-coded values of 0
and 1 with the enums which are used everywhere else.
--
Josh
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