Re: [RFC PATCH 53/56] drivers/cpu: Re-patch mitigations through sysfs

[Nikolay Borisov]

On 10/13/25 17:34, David Kaplan wrote:
> Create a new file at /sys/devices/system/cpu/mitigations that prints the
> current set of mitigation options and can be written to in order to
> re-select mitigations.
>
> Only options related to mitigations are handled, with the file initially
> returning the relevant options from the command line.  When the file is
> written, any existing selections are discarded and the new options are
> evaluated.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Kaplan <david.kaplan@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>   .../ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu      |   8 ++
>   drivers/base/cpu.c                            | 113 ++++++++++++++++++
>   include/linux/cpu.h                           |   3 +
>   3 files changed, 124 insertions(+)

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> +
> +ssize_t cpu_show_mitigation_options(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf);
> +ssize_t cpu_show_mitigation_options(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)

Make it static

> +{
> +	return sysfs_emit(buf, saved_opts);
> +}
> +
> +ssize_t cpu_write_mitigation_options(struct device *dev,
> +				struct device_attribute *attr,
> +				const char *buf, size_t count);
> +
> +void __weak cpu_prepare_repatch_alternatives(void)
> +{
> +}
> +
> +void __weak cpu_update_alternatives(void)
> +{
> +}
> +
> +void __weak cpu_select_mitigations(void)
> +{
> +}
> +
> +ssize_t cpu_write_mitigation_options(struct device *dev,
> +				struct device_attribute *attr,
> +				const char *buf, size_t count)
Ditto

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