Re: [PATCH] [RFC] x86: work around MPX Erratum

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Tue May 03 2016 - 17:45:49 EST


On Tue, May 03, 2016 at 02:28:18PM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> Generally, I'm not sure we need the no$foo options at all. There's
> always "clearcpuid=" which does the same thing. It just requires you to
> go look up the X86_FEATURE_* bit first.

Yeah, the "no-" things are all chicken bits which we should get rid of
at some point anyway.

> What do you mean by disable? Have qemu error out if MPX and SMEP
> aren't disabled in concert with each other?

Yap.

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