Re: [PATCH] net: core: Fix Spectre v1 vulnerability

[Gustavo A. R. Silva]

On 12/23/18 5:58 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2018 22:00:00 -0800
>
> > On Sat, Dec 22, 2018 at 11:03:31PM -0600, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> > > > I took another look at the following patches:
> > > > "net: core: Fix Spectre v1 vulnerability"
> > > > "nfc: af_nfc: Fix Spectre v1 vulnerability"
> > > > "can: af_can: Fix Spectre v1 vulnerability"
> > > > and I have to say that none of them are necessary.
> > > > I'm not sure whether there were other patches that pretend to fix spectre1.
>   ...
> > in other words there is no bug and there is no vulnerability,
> > but there is a 'policy' set by ... ?
> > So hence Nack to the policy and Nack to the patches.
>
> I have to agree with Alexei after looking at all of this stuff one more
> time.
>
> I'm reverting all of these changes.

Yeah. That's fine with me.

Thanks
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Gustavo