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Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 15:38:46 +0100
From: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] x86/cpu: Actually turn off mitigations by default
for SPECULATION_MITIGATIONS=n
On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 07:06:00AM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 19, 2024, Will Deacon wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 07:31:23AM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > > On Mon, Apr 15, 2024, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > Oof. I completely missed that "cpu_mitigations" wasn't x86-only. I can't think
> > > of better solution than an on-by-default generic Kconfig, though can't that it
> > > more simply be:
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig
> > > index 2b8fd6bb7da0..5930cb56ee29 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/base/Kconfig
> > > +++ b/drivers/base/Kconfig
> > > @@ -191,6 +191,9 @@ config GENERIC_CPU_AUTOPROBE
> > > config GENERIC_CPU_VULNERABILITIES
> > > bool
> > >
> > > +config SPECULATION_MITIGATIONS
> > > + def_bool !X86
> > > +
> > > config SOC_BUS
> > > bool
> > > select GLOB
> >
> > I can't see this in -next yet. Do you plan to post it as a proper patch
> > to collect acks etc?
>
> Sorry, I neglected to Cc everyone.
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240417001507.2264512-2-seanjc@google.com
Ah, thanks. I'll go Ack that...
Will
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