From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Google-Smtp-Source: AH8x2255oIZGmJB4HeVkjgRVHx17VfnmX8X8KJKVidqiifsM96KWZdXwnZ3+qnFTkpAUlhBGSuZA ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1516749708; cv=none; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; b=SAe3okrl+1wgst9EdodL/A8FJp3xgdM1NbgBQI12VSepNiQpTFB1vKQ9Pp4kJAmGaC SCUA7AV9He028HwBeSDAtn/P/H+Hz2c5Ctf5jXd0IeqlJj85IX1EcAb4miPP+tYyqR8C Wdn1Mfyk83r6uF4QVyNnskoqb4k5wPQnrzLHJ/pU5u3rIWvSoFt6Ag8gFf6W8vXJcpqt zDp7E4zPTu372ZjIL0x3HOGZ6FtSy49pt6Qxs0EgqWXhr7HQJEKlEB+pYC8KQ35aVVF5 LZBIfK7Uhh0Sjskz4S3pSN7pOTmqaFoEHbDxDu72juezfR/wiNwB/XaCBytfwX45Ertu THQg== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=arc-20160816; h=user-agent:in-reply-to:content-disposition:mime-version:references :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:arc-authentication-results; bh=RWplbkyqU5aui0LKRf9ICE45gAwAjwx6QamrZ/6NG7c=; b=Z5B1mJKRQaitEXfvaTHPMIqLgw5sf5APZh7buGmOn2lifBL6nIQ8RWrrnJdXsstFhV LKNiJOLYwUjx74otr/YTKIy02OnZzKuLIpi5YR9kL351EsYhxCk63+uFrHwblIYsfGLk SRdY8haUdCORG7wDbJmulY3rfPDPKrB4LQn3YLbhIPsZgL6mrq2H6ZNZO1w0990lARo9 ru13GwkTMBzMkk/k13+j7zISu4EiqKzQNfl1puEHSi5Y1PhU+hs+ibrYHu6ydoWgocXv ZaatuOzSVtk4gcuAZuS2/qiN+NrIKt3HdSa8ROm6qNx0TQ53+ctpO1X0QpDclT7jyM+R sucg== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of ak@linux.intel.com designates 134.134.136.24 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=ak@linux.intel.com Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of ak@linux.intel.com designates 134.134.136.24 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=ak@linux.intel.com X-Amp-Result: UNSCANNABLE X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.46,403,1511856000"; d="scan'208";a="28934681" Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 15:21:25 -0800 From: Andi Kleen To: Jiri Kosina Cc: Borislav Petkov , David Woodhouse , Paul Turner , LKML , Linus Torvalds , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Tim Chen , Dave Hansen , Thomas Gleixner , Kees Cook , Rik van Riel , Peter Zijlstra , Andy Lutomirski , gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, x86@kernel.org, thomas.lendacky@amd.com, Josh Poimboeuf Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 04/12] x86/spectre: Add boot time option to select Spectre v2 mitigation Message-ID: <20180123232125.GS7844@tassilo.jf.intel.com> References: <1515707194-20531-1-git-send-email-dwmw@amazon.co.uk> <1515707194-20531-5-git-send-email-dwmw@amazon.co.uk> <20180123224014.dsbzps4hydt6h7ed@pd.tnic> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.1 (2017-09-22) X-getmail-retrieved-from-mailbox: INBOX X-GMAIL-THRID: =?utf-8?q?1589334464875796449?= X-GMAIL-MSGID: =?utf-8?q?1590427342407695211?= X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-ID: > Distros have always been in the situation "we let the external modules to > load, as it'll work when it comes to functionality, but then it's our > duty/responsibility to explain to 3rd parties that they *really* should > recompile". Mostly because of security fixes to static inlines, but not > only that. You can use my previous patch which merely warns: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ak/linux-misc.git/log/?h=spec/retpoline-module-2 -Andi