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Isn't mitigations=off enough on newer kernels?
by GrayShade 7y ago
Isn't mitigations=off enough on newer kernels?
- amelius 7y agoOne of the article's comments says so.
- KindOne 7y agoYes. Its also been added into various LTS versions about five or six months ago. https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.16.68 https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.16.... https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.176 https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.1... https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.119 https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.... https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.43 https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.... ctrl+f: cpu/speculation: Add 'mitigations=' cmdline option
- jcelerier 7y agoit is, but I know a fair amount of people on older distros - ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, etc... whom may have some flags available but not mitigations=off which is a more recent addition