Re: [patch V2 1/2] sysfs/cpu: Add vulnerability folder

[Jon Masters]

On 01/07/2018 04:48 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:

> +#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_CPU_VULNERABILITIES
> +
> +ssize_t __weak cpu_show_meltdown(struct device *dev,
> +				 struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
> +{
> +	return sprintf(buf, "Not affected\n");
> +}
> +
> +ssize_t __weak cpu_show_spectre_v1(struct device *dev,
> +				   struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
> +{
> +	return sprintf(buf, "Not affected\n");
> +}
> +
> +ssize_t __weak cpu_show_spectre_v2(struct device *dev,
> +				   struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
> +{
> +	return sprintf(buf, "Not affected\n");
> +}

Just wondering aloud (after the merge) here but shouldn't the default be
"unknown", at least for Spectre? It's pervasive enough.

Jon.