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Date:   Mon, 14 Jan 2019 00:10:01 +0100
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To:     Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/speculation: Add document to describe Spectre and
 its mitigations
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Hi!

> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
> >> Signed-off-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>
> >> ---
> >>  Documentation/admin-guide/spectre.rst | 502 +++++++++++++++++++++++++=
+++++++++
> >>  1 file changed, 502 insertions(+)
> >>  create mode 100644 Documentation/admin-guide/spectre.rst
> >=20
> > I only saw this now, seems I wasn't copied... I'll take a deeper look, =
but
>=20
> Thanks for taking a look.  I'll make sure you are copied on the updates.
>=20
> > I have a couple of meta comments:
> >=20
> >  - This could arguably go in the security book rather than the admin
> >    guide.  I don't really have a strong opinion on which is right at the
> >    moment, but others might.
>=20
> Since l1tf.rst is already here in admin guide, that's why I keep spectre.=
rst here as well.

I believe l1tf is misplaced. That one really is Intel-specific (not
even all x86s are affectd). Same for Meltdown.
									Pavel

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