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On 6/21/23 12:41, Pawan Gupta wrote:
> Yes, a single series (or a patch) that adds config for each mitigation
> would be good.

Do people _really_ want per-mitigation compile-time controls?  That
seems like kinda a pain.

I Boris suggested it, but it seems like a _bit_ of overkill to me.

Would a compile-time option that just defaulted _everything_ to
mitigations=off behavior work instead?  That way we don't end up with a
billion new config options.