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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 20:07:00 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 6/6] x86/entry/pti: don't switch PGD on when
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On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 10:57:51AM -0800, Dave Hansen wrote:
> I'd love to have a tool that tells you for sure "KPTI enabled or not",
> but I'd also love to have it be something I can easily distribute
> without it being handled like a WMD.

You mean this:

https://git.kernel.org/tip/87590ce6e373d1a5401f6539f0c59ef92dd924a9

?

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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