Re: L1TF CPU bug present - What do I do now ?

[Sreyan Chakravarty]

On 5/14/20 11:32 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
>  On 05/14/2020 11:45 AM, Sreyan Chakravarty wrote:
> >
> >> Why?  Just for asking a question about a potential problem you've 
> >> discovered on your machine? 
> > Have you seen how Linus and others responds to n00b mails ?
>
>  I don't follow such things, but I bet that how he answers depends on 
>  how the question's asked.  Just describe the issue as you did here, 
>  ask if there's anything you need to do and don't sound like you're 
>  panicking. 
Well, I went to the Fedora Kernel IRC, there the guys told me I can 
ignore it and enjoy the performance benefits of a vulnerable SMT or 
disable SMT and suffer the performance penalty.

I am just wondering if I have hit the zenith, you know, is there really 
anything to be done anymore ?

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Regards,
Sreyan

L1TF CPU bug present - What do I do now ?

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Fri, 2020-05-15 at 17:37 +0530, Sreyan Chakravarty wrote:
>  On 5/14/20 11:32 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
>  > On 05/14/2020 11:45 AM, Sreyan Chakravarty wrote:
>  > > > Why?  Just for asking a question about a potential problem you've 
>  > > > discovered on your machine? 
>  > > Have you seen how Linus and others responds to n00b mails ?
>  > 
>  > I don't follow such things, but I bet that how he answers depends on 
>  > how the question's asked.  Just describe the issue as you did here, 
>  > ask if there's anything you need to do and don't sound like you're 
>  > panicking.
>  
>  Well, I went to the Fedora Kernel IRC, there the guys told me I can 
>  ignore it and enjoy the performance benefits of a vulnerable SMT or 
>  disable SMT and suffer the performance penalty.
>  
>  I am just wondering if I have hit the zenith, you know, is there really 
>  anything to be done anymore ? 
No, other than wait for a new generation of CPUs.

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