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From: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
To: Robert Richter <robert.richter@cavium.com>
Cc: Mian Yousaf Kaukab <ykaukab@suse.de>,
	marc.zyngier@arm.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, cwu@amperecomputing.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND 3/6] arm64: add sysfs vulnerability show for spectre v1
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 09:38:05 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180918083805.GB14404@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180917172206.GA3795@rric.localdomain>

On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 07:22:07PM +0200, Robert Richter wrote:
> On 27.08.18 16:33:07, Mian Yousaf Kaukab wrote:
> > Hard-coded since patches are merged and there are no configuration
> > options.
> 
> Could you add a list of upstream patches to the description that are
> required to solve this? This would be a strict definition for the
> mitigation being enabled and makes it easier to check if backports are
> affected or not. A build-time check would be ideal (e.g. checking for
> certain macros).

Hmm, I don't grok what you're proposing here. Why do we need a build-time
check (and to check what?)

Confused,

Will

  reply	other threads:[~2018-09-18  8:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-08-27 14:33 [PATCH RESEND 0/6] arm64: add support for generic cpu vulnerabilities Mian Yousaf Kaukab
2018-08-27 14:33 ` [PATCH RESEND 1/6] arm64: kpti: move check for non-vulnerable CPUs to a function Mian Yousaf Kaukab
2018-08-27 14:33 ` [PATCH RESEND 2/6] arm64: add sysfs vulnerability show for meltdown Mian Yousaf Kaukab
2018-09-17 13:30   ` Will Deacon
2018-08-27 14:33 ` [PATCH RESEND 3/6] arm64: add sysfs vulnerability show for spectre v1 Mian Yousaf Kaukab
2018-09-17 17:22   ` Robert Richter
2018-09-18  8:38     ` Will Deacon [this message]
2018-09-18  9:52       ` Robert Richter
2018-09-18 17:15         ` Will Deacon
2018-09-19  6:57           ` Robert Richter
2018-08-27 14:33 ` [PATCH RESEND 4/6] arm64: add sysfs vulnerability show for spectre v2 Mian Yousaf Kaukab
2018-09-17 13:30   ` Will Deacon
2018-08-27 14:33 ` [PATCH RESEND 5/6] arm64: add sysfs vulnerability show for speculative store bypass Mian Yousaf Kaukab
2018-09-17 13:30   ` Will Deacon
2018-08-27 14:33 ` [PATCH RESEND 6/6] arm64: enable generic CPU vulnerabilites support Mian Yousaf Kaukab
2018-09-05  9:25 ` [PATCH RESEND 0/6] arm64: add support for generic cpu vulnerabilities Mian Yousaf Kaukab
2018-09-17 13:35   ` Will Deacon
2018-09-24 10:06     ` Mian Yousaf Kaukab

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