linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 01/10] x86/bugs: Add a separate config for GDS

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Message-ID: <97041043-7198-4044-b1ec-f4865f614cf2@linux.intel.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2024 11:51:23 -0700
From: Daniel Sneddon <daniel.sneddon@...ux.intel.com>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>, mingo@...hat.com,
 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
 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>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 01/10] x86/bugs: Add a separate config for GDS

On 7/15/24 05:17, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 15, 2024 at 05:14:54AM -0700, Breno Leitao wrote:
>> Sure, I will send a v4 and get rid of GDS_FORCE_MITIGATION completely.
> 
> I'm actually waiting on the people on Cc to chime in whether we really need
> it. The three distro configs we checked, don't set it.
> 

If no one is using it I don't see any reason to keep it. It's just cluttering up
the code at that point. End users can still set gather_data_sampling=force anyway.