From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.linutronix.de (193.142.43.55:993) by crypto-ml.lab.linutronix.de with IMAP4-SSL for ; 24 Feb 2020 17:27:47 -0000 Received: from aserp2120.oracle.com ([141.146.126.78]) by Galois.linutronix.de with esmtps (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1j6HWD-0000BU-TG for speck@linutronix.de; Mon, 24 Feb 2020 18:27:46 +0100 Received: from pps.filterd (aserp2120.oracle.com [127.0.0.1]) by aserp2120.oracle.com (8.16.0.42/8.16.0.42) with SMTP id 01OHO35k039276 for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2020 17:27:36 GMT Received: from aserp3020.oracle.com (aserp3020.oracle.com [141.146.126.70]) by aserp2120.oracle.com with ESMTP id 2ybvr4n4bh-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2020 17:27:36 +0000 Received: from pps.filterd (aserp3020.oracle.com [127.0.0.1]) by aserp3020.oracle.com (8.16.0.42/8.16.0.42) with SMTP id 01OHMbR4065148 for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2020 17:27:36 GMT Received: from userv0121.oracle.com (userv0121.oracle.com [156.151.31.72]) by aserp3020.oracle.com with ESMTP id 2yby5cvtvr-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2020 17:27:36 +0000 Received: from abhmp0003.oracle.com (abhmp0003.oracle.com [141.146.116.9]) by userv0121.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.13.8) with ESMTP id 01OHRXUK010090 for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2020 17:27:34 GMT Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 12:31:21 -0500 From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Subject: [MODERATED] Re: [PATCH 2/2] more sampling fun 2 Message-ID: <20200224173121.GA32673@char.us.oracle.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: speck@linutronix.de List-ID: > This patch: > * enables administrator to configure the mitigation off when desired > using either mitigations=off or srbds=off. > * exports vulnerability status via sysfs I think you also need a Documentation patch, that is a new file in Documentation/x86/srbds.rst and changes in Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt to document the srbds=..