Re: [PATCH v3 01/10] x86/bugs: Add a separate config for GDS

[Breno Leitao]

Hello Borislav,

On Fri, Jul 12, 2024 at 07:21:32PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 09:58:15AM -0700, Breno Leitao wrote:
> > +config MITIGATION_GDS
> > +	bool "Mitigate Gather Data Sampling"
> > +	depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL
> > +	default y
> > +	help
> > +	  Enable mitigation for Gather Data Sampling (GDS). GDS is a hardware
> > +	  vulnerability which allows unprivileged speculative access to data
> > +	  which was previously stored in vector registers. The attacker uses gather
> > +	  instructions to infer the stale vector register data.
> > +
> >  config MITIGATION_GDS_FORCE
> 
> Btw, can we get rid of that thing, while at it?

Sure, I will send a v4 and get rid of GDS_FORCE_MITIGATION completely.

Thanks for the review.

--breno