On Fri, Nov 04, 2022 at 10:52:13PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Fri, Nov 04, 2022 at 04:36:50PM -0500, Kim Phillips wrote: > > - Allow for spectre_v2=autoibrs in the kernel command line, > > reverting to auto-selection if the feature isn't available. > > Why? > > What the whole logic here should do is enable autoibrs when detected > automatically, without the need for the user to even select it as it is > the superior mitigation. Well; perhaps the whole autoibrs thing should be mapped to the existing eIBRS options. AFAICT this is the same thing under a new name, no need to invent yet more options. bugs.c is quite insane enough already.
