Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] x86/spec-ctrl: Yet more fixes for xpti= parsing

2018-08-10 Thread Jan Beulich
>>> On 10.08.18 at 11:49, wrote: > On 10/08/2018 09:08, Jan Beulich wrote: > On 09.08.18 at 18:38, wrote: >>> As it currently stands, 'xpti=dom0' is indistinguishable from the default >>> value, which means it will be overridden by ARCH_CAPABILITIES_RDCL_NO on > fixed >>> hardware. >>> >>> S

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] x86/spec-ctrl: Yet more fixes for xpti= parsing

2018-08-10 Thread Andrew Cooper
On 10/08/2018 09:08, Jan Beulich wrote: On 09.08.18 at 18:38, wrote: >> As it currently stands, 'xpti=dom0' is indistinguishable from the default >> value, which means it will be overridden by ARCH_CAPABILITIES_RDCL_NO on >> fixed >> hardware. >> >> Switch opt_xpti to use -1 as a default lik

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] x86/spec-ctrl: Yet more fixes for xpti= parsing

2018-08-10 Thread Jan Beulich
>>> On 09.08.18 at 18:38, wrote: > As it currently stands, 'xpti=dom0' is indistinguishable from the default > value, which means it will be overridden by ARCH_CAPABILITIES_RDCL_NO on fixed > hardware. > > Switch opt_xpti to use -1 as a default like all our other related options, and > clobber it

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] x86/spec-ctrl: Yet more fixes for xpti= parsing

2018-08-10 Thread Juergen Gross
On 09/08/18 18:38, Andrew Cooper wrote: > As it currently stands, 'xpti=dom0' is indistinguishable from the default > value, which means it will be overridden by ARCH_CAPABILITIES_RDCL_NO on fixed > hardware. > > Switch opt_xpti to use -1 as a default like all our other related options, and > clob