Re: [PATCH RFC] x86/syscall: Dispatch via sys_call_table when Spectre v2 and BHI are off

From: Borislav Petkov

Date: Fri Oct 30 2026 - 14:35:26 EST


On Fri, Oct 30, 2026 at 05:11:40AM -0700, Breno Leitao wrote:
> I read most of the thread. As I understand it, there is a desire for
> something more dynamic, but that is non-trivial work that still needs
> to be done, and it is unclear if there will be follow-up (the patchset
> is 1year old)

It needs reviewers and testers, yes, exactly because it is complex but a good
thing to have, as you guys show interest.

The day has only 24h, however. :-\

But yes, we are going to refresh and update the patchset soon(tm).

The prerequisite is the stomp_machine NMI stuff:

https://lore.kernel.org/r/20261015211426.49114-1-chang.seok.bae@xxxxxxxxx

which needs careful poking at first.

Thx.

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