Re: [PATCH RFC 1/5] cpu/speculation: Add 'cpu_spec_mitigations=' cmdline options

From: Josh Poimboeuf
Date: Thu Apr 04 2019 - 12:49:23 EST


On Thu, Apr 04, 2019 at 11:44:11AM -0500, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> Keeping track of the number of mitigations for all the CPU speculation
> bugs has become overwhelming for many users. It's getting more and more
> complicated to decide which mitigations are needed for a given
> architecture. Complicating matters is the fact that each arch tends to
> their own custom way to mitigate the same vulnerability.

... tends to _have_ its own custom way ...

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Josh