Re: [PATCH v3] x86/speculation/l1tf: Add KConfig for setting the L1D cache flush mode

Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] x86/speculation/l1tf: Add KConfig for setting the L1D cache flush mode
From: Anthony Steinhauser <asteinhauser@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2020 21:17:39 -0600
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx>, Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>, Jim Mattson <jmattson@xxxxxxxxxx>, Joerg Roedel <joro@xxxxxxxxxx>, Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>, Mark Gross <mgross@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>, Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>, Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>, Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@xxxxxxxxxxx>, kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, x86 <x86@xxxxxxxxxx>
In-reply-to: <e7bc00fc-fe53-800e-8439-f1fbdca5dd26@redhat.com>
References: <20200702221237.2517080-1-abhishekbh@google.com> <e7bc00fc-fe53-800e-8439-f1fbdca5dd26@redhat.com>

Yes, this probably requires an explanation why the change is necessary
or useful. Without that it is difficult to give some meaningful
feedback.

Follow-Ups:
- Re: [PATCH v3] x86/speculation/l1tf: Add KConfig for setting the L1D cache flush mode
  - From: Abhishek Bhardwaj

References:
- [PATCH v3] x86/speculation/l1tf: Add KConfig for setting the L1D cache flush mode
  - From: Abhishek Bhardwaj
- Re: [PATCH v3] x86/speculation/l1tf: Add KConfig for setting the L1D cache flush mode
  - From: Waiman Long