[MODERATED] Re: [PATCH RFC 2/4] 2

On Mon, Mar 04, 2019 at 08:31:48AM +0100, speck for Greg KH wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 03, 2019 at 07:24:15PM -0600, speck for Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> > From: Josh Poimboeuf <[email protected]>
> > Subject: [PATCH RFC 2/4] x86/speculation: Move arch_smt_update() call to after
> >  mitigation decisions
> > 
> > arch_smt_update() now has a dependency on both Spectre v2 and MDS
> > mitigations.  Move its initial call to after all the mitigation
> > decisions have been made.
> 
> So Patch 1 doesn't work without this?  If so, shouldn't this go first?

No, I think patch 1 works fine without it.  It's really a prereq for
patch 3 (and also a cleanup to prevent future bugs).

-- 
Josh