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

Dave Hansen
2018-01-04T18:54:41Z

On 01/04/2018 10:38 AM, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
>> And then, if at all, this needs to be connected to the retpolines fun,
>> methinks, so that it can be decided at boot what to use.
Yes, we need to reconcile this with the retpoline. I've tried to
capture what we do where in here:

> https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSMrwkaoSUBAFc6Fjd19F18c1O9pudkfAY-7lGYGOTN8mc9ul-J6pWadcAaBJZcVA7W_3jlLKRtKRbd/pub

Any feedback on this, especially on the CPUs that aren't specifically
covered would be welcome.