Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] cpu: Ignore "mitigations" kernel parameter if CPU_MITIGATIONS=n

[Sean Christopherson]

On Wed, Apr 24, 2024, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 10:39:40PM -0700, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 05:05:55PM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > > +#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_MITIGATIONS
> > >  extern bool cpu_mitigations_off(void);
> > >  extern bool cpu_mitigations_auto_nosmt(void);
> > > +#else
> > > +static inline bool cpu_mitigations_off(void)
> > > +{
> > > +	return false;
> > > +}
> > 
> > This should probably return true?

/facepalm

Glad you were paying attention, as I was clearly not.  I double checked that
flipping that to true does indeed force off mitigations.

> Right, I'll fix it up while applying and send them linuswards this
> weekend so that 6.9 releases fixed.

Thanks!