On Wed, Jan 29, 2025 at 11:14:20AM -0800, Doug Anderson wrote: > On Wed, Jan 29, 2025 at 8:43 AM James Morse <james.morse@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > Arm have recently updated that table of CPUs > > with extra entries (thanks for picking those up!) - but now that patch can't be easily > > applied to older kernels. > > I suspect making the reporting assuming-vulnerable may make other CPUs come out of the > > wood work too... > > > > Could we avoid changing this unless we really need to? > > Will / Catalin: Do either of you have an opinion here? Is this about whether to report "vulnerable" for unknown CPUs? I think Will suggested this: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241219175128.GA25477@willie-the-truck/ That said, some patch splitting will help to make review easier. Should such change be back-portable as well? I think so, it's not only for CPUs we'll see in the future. -- Catalin
