On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 4:15 PM, Dan Williams <[email protected]> wrote:
> The 'if_nospec' primitive marks locations where the kernel is disabling
> speculative execution that could potentially access privileged data. It
> is expected to be paired with a 'nospec_{ptr,load}' where the user
> controlled value is actually consumed.
I'm much less worried about these "nospec_load/if" macros, than I am
about having a sane way to determine when they should be needed.
Is there such a sane model right now, or are we talking "people will
randomly add these based on strong feelings"?
Linus
