From: Daniel Sneddon <daniel.sneddon@linux.intel.com>
To: "Kaplan, David" <David.Kaplan@amd.com>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
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"linux-doc@vger.kernel.org" <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] x86/bugs: Create single parameter for VERW based mitigations
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2024 09:39:51 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7c1de6fb-fa83-47bc-a57b-e6700860513d@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <LV3PR12MB9265A30309277CBB4A9B81D1947F2@LV3PR12MB9265.namprd12.prod.outlook.com>
>>
>> Are you suggesting a name change away from "clear_cpu_buffers" since it is
>> clearly about the mitigation rather than the bug? I'm not sure there is a good
>> common name for those 4 bugs that isn't about the mitigation, but I'm open
>> to any suggestions.
>>
>
> Yes, I think that would be better. I wasn't sure on a name either. In the RFDS webpage I see it described as "similar to data sampling transient execution attacks". Perhaps something like that could be an umbrella term?
>
Sure, I can change it. Thanks for the review!
> --David Kaplan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-10-09 16:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-09-24 22:31 [PATCH 0/6] VERW based clean-up Daniel Sneddon
2024-09-24 22:31 ` [PATCH 1/6] x86/bugs: Create single parameter for VERW based mitigations Daniel Sneddon
2024-10-08 19:24 ` Kaplan, David
2024-10-09 16:17 ` Daniel Sneddon
2024-10-09 16:36 ` Kaplan, David
2024-10-09 16:39 ` Daniel Sneddon [this message]
2024-10-09 19:44 ` Daniel Sneddon
2024-10-09 20:02 ` Kaplan, David
2024-10-09 20:34 ` Daniel Sneddon
2024-10-10 4:52 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2024-10-10 14:57 ` Borislav Petkov
2024-10-14 15:42 ` Daniel Sneddon
2024-10-15 13:52 ` Borislav Petkov
2024-10-15 14:05 ` Daniel Sneddon
2024-09-24 22:31 ` [PATCH 2/6] x86/bugs: Remove MDS command line Daniel Sneddon
2024-09-24 22:34 ` Dave Hansen
2024-09-24 22:41 ` Daniel Sneddon
2024-09-24 22:31 ` [PATCH 3/6] x86/bugs: Remove TAA kernel parameter Daniel Sneddon
2024-09-24 22:31 ` [PATCH 4/6] x86/bugs: Remove MMIO " Daniel Sneddon
2024-09-24 22:31 ` [PATCH 5/6] x86/bugs: Remove RFDS " Daniel Sneddon
2024-09-24 22:31 ` [PATCH 6/6] x86/bugs: Clean-up verw mitigations Daniel Sneddon
2024-10-02 14:20 ` Nikolay Borisov
2024-10-02 14:46 ` Daniel Sneddon
2024-10-02 14:54 ` Nikolay Borisov
2024-10-07 19:37 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2024-10-08 16:17 ` Daniel Sneddon
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