[libvirt] [PATCH] cpu: add 'amd-ssbd' and 'amd-no-ssb' CPU features (CVE-2018-3639)

[Kashyap Chamarthy]

On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 12:24:13PM +0200, Kashyap Chamarthy wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 11:48:41AM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
> > Note that neither amd-ssbd or amd-no-ssb will be reported by the kernel
> > in /proc/cpuinfo. It knows about these CPUID bits and does the right thing,
> > but doesn't report their existance as distinct flags in /proc/cpuinfo.
> 
> Since it isn't pushed yet, minor nit-pick: s/existance/existence/
> 
> Should the commit message be amended to mention that `/proc/cpuinfo`
> will, confusingly enough, report 'ssbd' (for 'amd-ssbd')?

Maybe it's not so confusing if it will show up as 'ssbd' for all (Intel
/ AMD) processors.  Useful for tooling to look for one flag across all
the processors.

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/kashyap