Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86/pti: Fix kernel warnings for pti= and nopti cmdline options.

From: Sohil Mehta
Date: Fri Aug 11 2023 - 20:15:56 EST


On 8/11/2023 5:08 PM, Dave Hansen wrote:
> It's worth *ZERO* hassle. The docs say:
>
>> mitigations=
> ...
>> off
>> Disable all optional CPU mitigations. This
>> improves system performance, but it may also
>> expose users to several CPU vulnerabilities.
>> Equivalent to:
> ...
>> nopti [X86,PPC]
>
> That's 100% unambiguous.
>

Ah! I missed that. Sorry about the trouble.