On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 10:20:13AM +0100, Alasdair Lumsden wrote: > Just a quick question - is it recommended to disable Hyper Threading in the > BIOS, or will simply updating the platform image be sufficient to address > this?
See here: https://help.joyent.com/hc/en-us/articles/360007955414-Security-Advisory-Intel-L1-Terminal-Fault-Vulnerabilities-CVE-2018-3615-CVE-2018-3620-CVE-2018-3646- In short, an update is sufficient, but may have performance implications. In some cases, turning off HT *in addition* *may* help with performance, but that has obvious consequences in terms of available CPUs. regards john ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125 Powered by Listbox: https://www.listbox.com
