Re: [patch 26/60] x86/cpufeature: Make cpu bugs sticky

[Borislav Petkov]

On Mon, Dec 04, 2017 at 03:07:32PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> There is currently no way to force CPU bug bits like CPU feature bits. That
> makes it impossible to set a bug bit once at boot and have it stick for all
> upcoming CPUs.
> 
> Extend the force set/clear arrays to handle bug bits as well.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h |    2 ++
>  arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h  |    4 ++--
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c      |    6 +++---
>  3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

This whole area needs more work... well, later...

Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>

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