Re: [PATCH 6/7] x86/spec_ctrl: Add sysctl knobs to enable/disable SPEC_CTRL feature

Borislav Petkov
2018-01-04T18:52:24Z

On Thu, Jan 04, 2018 at 10:36:30AM -0800, Dave Hansen wrote:
> Distros have the tri-state already deployed.

So that's not really a reason.

> Paranoid people want "IBRS always" aka "ibrs 2".

So why not "IBRS always" or off? No need for the "IBRS only in the
kernel" setting.

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Boris.

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