From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_NEOMUTT autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2F92C4360F for ; Thu, 4 Apr 2019 16:57:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [203.11.71.2]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7AFED206DD for ; Thu, 4 Apr 2019 16:57:04 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 7AFED206DD Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [IPv6:2401:3900:2:1::3]) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44ZpyQ4vjQzDqFB for ; Fri, 5 Apr 2019 03:57:02 +1100 (AEDT) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; spf=pass (mailfrom) smtp.mailfrom=redhat.com (client-ip=209.132.183.28; helo=mx1.redhat.com; envelope-from=jpoimboe@redhat.com; receiver=) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [209.132.183.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 44ZpnZ3BBSzDqR6 for ; Fri, 5 Apr 2019 03:49:22 +1100 (AEDT) Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx05.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.15]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 92FC081DE0; Thu, 4 Apr 2019 16:49:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from treble (ovpn-125-158.rdu2.redhat.com [10.10.125.158]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DD2BB80FE; Thu, 4 Apr 2019 16:49:15 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2019 11:49:08 -0500 From: Josh Poimboeuf To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 1/5] cpu/speculation: Add 'cpu_spec_mitigations=' cmdline options Message-ID: <20190404164908.slgmhnrsbnjhmq5r@treble> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: NeoMutt/20180716 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.15 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.25]); Thu, 04 Apr 2019 16:49:20 +0000 (UTC) X-BeenThere: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Peter Zijlstra , Heiko Carstens , Paul Mackerras , "H . Peter Anvin" , Ingo Molnar , Andrea Arcangeli , linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, Will Deacon , Linus Torvalds , Catalin Marinas , Waiman Long , linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, Jon Masters , Jiri Kosina , Borislav Petkov , Andy Lutomirski , Thomas Gleixner , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, Greg Kroah-Hartman , Tyler Hicks , Martin Schwidefsky , linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Errors-To: linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Sender: "Linuxppc-dev" On Thu, Apr 04, 2019 at 11:44:11AM -0500, Josh Poimboeuf wrote: > Keeping track of the number of mitigations for all the CPU speculation > bugs has become overwhelming for many users. It's getting more and more > complicated to decide which mitigations are needed for a given > architecture. Complicating matters is the fact that each arch tends to > their own custom way to mitigate the same vulnerability. ... tends to _have_ its own custom way ... -- Josh