Re: [PATCH v3] x86/speculation/l1tf: Add KConfig for setting the L1D cache flush mode

[Waiman Long]

On 7/2/20 6:12 PM, Abhishek Bhardwaj wrote:
> This change adds a new kernel configuration that sets the l1d cache
> flush setting at compile time rather than at run time.
>
> Signed-off-by: Abhishek Bhardwaj <abhishekbh@xxxxxxxxxx>

Can you explain in the commit log why you need a compile time option 
whereas the desired mitigation can also be set via a boot command line 
option?

The code looks OK, but the question I have is why.

Cheers,
Longman