Re: [PATCH v8 04/12] x86/spectre: Add boot time option to select Spectre v2 mitigation

[Andi Kleen]

> Distros have always been in the situation "we let the external modules to 
> load, as it'll work when it comes to functionality, but then it's our 
> duty/responsibility to explain to 3rd parties that they *really* should 
> recompile". Mostly because of security fixes to static inlines, but not 
> only that.

You can use my previous patch which merely warns:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ak/linux-misc.git/log/?h=spec/retpoline-module-2

-Andi