Re: [PATCH 4/4] powerpc/powernv: Remove POWER9 PVR version check for entry and uaccess flushes

2021-05-08 Thread Nicholas Piggin
Excerpts from Joel Stanley's message of May 5, 2021 11:43 am: > On Tue, 4 May 2021 at 09:16, Nicholas Piggin wrote: >> >> Excerpts from Joel Stanley's message of May 4, 2021 10:51 am: >> > On Mon, 3 May 2021 at 13:04, Nicholas Piggin wrote: >> >> >> >> These aren't necessarily POWER9 only, and

Re: [PATCH 4/4] powerpc/powernv: Remove POWER9 PVR version check for entry and uaccess flushes

2021-05-04 Thread Joel Stanley
On Tue, 4 May 2021 at 09:16, Nicholas Piggin wrote: > > Excerpts from Joel Stanley's message of May 4, 2021 10:51 am: > > On Mon, 3 May 2021 at 13:04, Nicholas Piggin wrote: > >> > >> These aren't necessarily POWER9 only, and it's not to say some new > >> vulnerability may not get discovered on

Re: [PATCH 4/4] powerpc/powernv: Remove POWER9 PVR version check for entry and uaccess flushes

2021-05-04 Thread Nicholas Piggin
Excerpts from Joel Stanley's message of May 4, 2021 10:51 am: > On Mon, 3 May 2021 at 13:04, Nicholas Piggin wrote: >> >> These aren't necessarily POWER9 only, and it's not to say some new >> vulnerability may not get discovered on other processors for which >> we would like the flexibility of

Re: [PATCH 4/4] powerpc/powernv: Remove POWER9 PVR version check for entry and uaccess flushes

2021-05-03 Thread Joel Stanley
On Mon, 3 May 2021 at 13:04, Nicholas Piggin wrote: > > These aren't necessarily POWER9 only, and it's not to say some new > vulnerability may not get discovered on other processors for which > we would like the flexibility of having the workaround enabled by > firmware. > > Remove the