Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2018 19:52:19 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
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        Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>,
        Arjan Van De Ven <arjan.van.de.ven@intel.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7] x86/spec_ctrl: Add sysctl knobs to enable/disable
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On Thu, Jan 04, 2018 at 10:36:30AM -0800, Dave Hansen wrote:
> Distros have the tri-state already deployed.

So that's not really a reason.

> Paranoid people want "IBRS always" aka "ibrs 2".

So why not "IBRS always" or off? No need for the "IBRS only in the
kernel" setting.

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Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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