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’m 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’t 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: > > > >> On Dec 6, 2019, at 4:36 AM, Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> wrote: >> >> On Thu, 5 Dec 2019 at 21:43, Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> wrote: >>> >>> Author: scottl >>> Date: Fri Dec 6 02:43:05 2019 >>> New Revision: 355436 >>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/355436 >>> >>> Log: >>> Move the mds, irbs, and ssb mitigation knobs into machdep.mitigations. >> >> If we're moving them and adding backwards-compatibility scaffolding we >> really should correct the sense of the sysctls at the same time. > > I was just going to suggest that. For some, 0 is secure; for others, 1 is secure. Since they’re under “mitigations,” I think 1 should consistently mean “mitigated.” > > Eric
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