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I don't know if it's possible to see who contributed that patch (yet), but I’m cynical enough to half-expect that the “assume all x86 processors are insecure” p
by qubex 9y ago
I don't know if it's possible to see who contributed that patch (yet), but I’m cynical enough to half-expect that the “assume all x86 processors are insecure” patch might come from an Intel engineer...
- mywittyname 9y agoI would not be surprised at all, considering the patch I saw for the AMD processors was literally a one-line if statement around the set cpu insecure flag that added a check for AMD processors. Google is failing me or I'd post a link.
- omeid2 9y agothe patch was by Thomas Gleixner[0], who is not an Intel Engineer. AMD has since pushed a patch to "not enable PTI on AMD processors" [1] [0] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10138833/ https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10138833/ [1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10142563/ https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10142563/