linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 20/35] x86/bugs: Define attack vectors

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Message-ID: <20250227133922.GDZ8BrCjnPlQBOLB0y@fat_crate.local>
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2025 14:39:22 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: "Kaplan, David" <David.Kaplan@....com>,
	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
	"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
	"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 20/35] x86/bugs: Define attack vectors

On Wed, Feb 26, 2025 at 01:51:47PM -0800, Pawan Gupta wrote:
> I got that part, what I meant was allowing to use =off,<enabled vectors>
> seems unnecessary when the same can be achieved by =on,<disabled vectors>.

I think Josh was the one on that thread who suggested that we should have
negative options. You can go read upthread.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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