Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/bugs: Clean-up verw mitigations

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On 10/29/24 09:37, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 29, 2024 at 08:33:51AM -0700, Daniel Sneddon wrote:
>> I really like the attack vector idea David is using. I suspect people really
>> care about "protect my kernel from bad users" or "protect my host vm from
>> guests" more than "protect me from mds and rfds." 
> 
> Yeah, exactly!
> 
>> I was trying to get rid of the need to do a call to any kind of update
>> function where he took the existing function and split it into one for each
>> mitigation that needs it. Like you said, different approach same end result
>> really.
> 
> Right.
> 
> Ok, let's concentrate on David's set, then, so that we don't do
> unnecessary/doubled work. I'd appreciate it if you took a look at the Intel's
> side of things there but please wait until he sends a new version next week.

Will do!
> 
> I guess if all agree with the final result, we could look into taking it for
> 6.14 or so...
> 
> Thx.
> 





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