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Re:Google Publishes Latest Linux Patches So Only Trusted Tas... by kzrdude on Thursday November 19, 2020 @11:40AM (#25151244)
Is it that easy to turn mitigations on/off? I thought much of it required recompile.
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Re:Google Publishes Latest Linux Patches So Only Trusted Tas... by brunoqc on Thursday November 19, 2020 @12:01PM (#25151509)
I think it's just some kernel command-line switches. Like `mitigations=off`.
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Re:Google Publishes Latest Linux Patches So Only Trusted Tas... by detaro on Thursday November 19, 2020 @12:28PM (#25151860)
there is the handy https://make-linux-fast-again.com/
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Re:Google Publishes Latest Linux Patches So Only Trusted Tas... by kzrdude on Thursday November 19, 2020 @01:24PM (#25152575)
That requires reboot and is just the kernel part - so still not easy enough to flip on/off depending on task scheduling.
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