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From: Ian Zimmerman <itz@××××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel 4.14.14 has meltdown / spectre info in /sys
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2018 21:51:33
Message-Id: 20180124215115.zghbnczzqwb7gzcw@matica.foolinux.mooo.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel 4.14.14 has meltdown / spectre info in /sys by Adam Carter
1 On 2018-01-19 10:50, Adam Carter wrote:
2
3 > > Looking at the kernel source (for 4.9.77), the flag is initially set no
4 > > matter what in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c @cpu_show_meltdown(), and
5 > > nothing afterwards clears it ...
6 >
7 >
8 > With 4.14.14, pretty much same CPU;
9 > model : 4
10 > model name : AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 965 Processor
11 > stepping : 3
12 >
13 > $ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/meltdown
14 > Not affected
15
16 Aha.
17
18 matica!1 ~$ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/meltdown
19 Not affected
20 matica!2 ~$ uname -r
21 4.9.78
22
23 I guess these patches will be trickling down for a long time yet.
24
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel 4.14.14 has meltdown / spectre info in /sys Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com>