On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 06:30:19PM -0700, Pawan Gupta wrote: > Older CPUs beyond its Servicing period are not listed in the affected > processor list for MMIO Stale Data vulnerabilities. These CPUs currently > report "Not affected" in sysfs, which may not be correct. > > Add support for "Unknown" reporting for such CPUs. Mitigation is not > deployed when the status is "Unknown". > > "CPU is beyond its Servicing period" means these CPUs are beyond their > Servicing [1] period and have reached End of Servicing Updates (ESU) [2]. > > [1] Servicing: The process of providing functional and security > updates to Intel processors or platforms, utilizing the Intel Platform > Update (IPU) process or other similar mechanisms. > > [2] End of Servicing Updates (ESU): ESU is the date at which Intel > will no longer provide Servicing, such as through IPU or other similar > update processes. ESU dates will typically be aligned to end of > quarter. > > Suggested-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx> Ping! Is there any interest in fixing reporting for older processors?
