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Date:   Wed, 28 Jun 2023 02:15:56 -0700
From:   Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
To:     Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] x86/bugs: Break down mitigations configurations
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On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 03:30:40PM -0700, Pawan Gupta wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 10:36:10AM -0700, Breno Leitao wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 12:41:01PM -0700, Pawan Gupta wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 11:36:53AM -0700, Breno Leitao wrote:
> > > > If I understand where you want to go, you think we should create a
> > > > single patchset that creates a CONFIG_<MITIGATION> for each mitigation,
> > > > and move get it under CONFIG_SPECULATION_MITIGATIONS.
> > > 
> > > Yes, a single series (or a patch) that adds config for each mitigation
> > > would be good.
> > 
> > I've been working on this request, and I may need your help to validate
> > the wordings and dependencies (as in architecture/vendors where the
> > problem needs to be mitigations) for each entry.
> 
> Kconfig text looks fine to me. (Some comments on arch/vendor dependency
> are down below).

Neat, thanks for the clarifications. I will send v3 later today.