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Date:      Fri, 6 Dec 2019 13:14:21 -0800
From:      Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org>
To:        Eric van Gyzen <eric@vangyzen.net>
Cc:        Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>, Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, svn-src-head <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r355436 - in head/sys: amd64/amd64 x86/x86
Message-ID:  <14B1D2C7-E7A4-45B5-BC98-DE263304ACD3@samsco.org>
In-Reply-To: <A154E85B-6781-4029-8971-B988A7B75EAA@vangyzen.net>
References:  <201912060243.xB62h5So053092@repo.freebsd.org> <CAPyFy2B03419-DqfTf6uehC3J3behkxgbc-ORtLpE2hSGh%2BebA@mail.gmail.com> <A154E85B-6781-4029-8971-B988A7B75EAA@vangyzen.net>

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I=E2=80=99m not opposed to the idea, but making any change invites a =
bike shed on
naming, and making no change at all invites a bike shed on naming, and
honestly the name doesn=E2=80=99t matter to me at this point.  I =
encourage you and
Ed to own this.

Scott


> On Dec 6, 2019, at 6:58 AM, Eric van Gyzen <eric@vangyzen.net> wrote:
>=20
>=20
>=20
>> On Dec 6, 2019, at 4:36 AM, Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> wrote:
>>=20
>> On Thu, 5 Dec 2019 at 21:43, Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> wrote:
>>>=20
>>> Author: scottl
>>> Date: Fri Dec  6 02:43:05 2019
>>> New Revision: 355436
>>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/355436
>>>=20
>>> Log:
>>> Move the mds, irbs, and ssb mitigation knobs into =
machdep.mitigations.
>>=20
>> If we're moving them and adding backwards-compatibility scaffolding =
we
>> really should correct the sense of the sysctls at the same time.
>=20
> I was just going to suggest that.  For some, 0 is secure; for others, =
1 is secure.  Since they=E2=80=99re under =E2=80=9Cmitigations,=E2=80=9D =
I think 1 should consistently mean =E2=80=9Cmitigated.=E2=80=9D
>=20
> Eric




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