Re: STIBP by default.. Revert?

From: Dave Hansen
Date: Sun Nov 18 2018 - 17:42:34 EST



> On Nov 18, 2018, at 2:17 PM, Jiri Kosina <jikos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> It's probably not just browsers, but anything running JITed sandboxed
> code. So the most straightforward way might be the prctl() aproach, where
> userspace would claim "I do care about this, please fix it up for me". So
> prctl() + perhaps SECCOMP.

Yeah, the prctl() shifts the pain to the right place: folks explicitly opting in. Always-on seemed way too draconian to me.