On 08/17 09:06, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 8:58 AM Alexander Kapshuk > <alexander.kaps...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 8:57 AM Alexander Kapshuk > > <alexander.kaps...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 8:10 AM <tu...@posteo.de> wrote: > > > > > > > > On 08/17 02:53, Adam Carter wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 1:15 PM, <tu...@posteo.de> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > CPU bugs seem to be more and more common: > > > > > > https://www.heise.de/security/meldung/Linux-Kernel-und- > > > > > > Distributionen-schuetzen-vor-Prozessorluecke-Foreshadow-L1TF-4137264.html > > > > > > https://www.heise.de/security/meldung/Spectre-NG-Foreshadow- > > > > > > gefaehrdet-Intel-Prozessoren-4137209.html > > > > > > (sorry, I only know of this german spoken references...) > > > > > > > > > > > > With Linux kernel 4.18.1 Linus has introduced a fix (aka workaround) > > > > > > of the Foreshadow bug. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 4.18, 4.17, 4.14, 4.9, and 4.4 have all had the fixes applied. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Unfortunately compiling that kernel (as downloaded from > > > > > > https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ ) > > > > > > > > > > > > gives me this bug: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > gentoo-sources with gcc 7.3 builds fine for me. > > > > > > > > > > Intel: grep . /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/* > > > > > /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/l1tf:Mitigation: PTE Inversion > > > > > /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/meltdown:Mitigation: PTI > > > > > /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spec_store_bypass:Mitigation: > > > > > Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp > > > > > /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v1:Mitigation: __user > > > > > pointer sanitization > > > > > /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v2:Mitigation: Full > > > > > generic > > > > > retpoline, IBPB, IBRS_FW > > > > > > > > > > AMD: grep . /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/* > > > > > /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/l1tf:Not affected > > > > > /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/meltdown:Not affected > > > > > /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spec_store_bypass:Mitigation: > > > > > Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp > > > > > /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v1:Mitigation: __user > > > > > pointer sanitization > > > > > /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v2:Mitigation: Full > > > > > AMD > > > > > retpoline, IBPB > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I am happy, that other sources do work for you Adam. > > > > > > > > Interesting would be, why the original sources does not compile for > > > > me. > > > > Any idea? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This problem has been reported upstream. See below. > > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/8/15/118 > > > > > > In particular: > > > > > > Build is successful with > > > CONFIG_KVM=y > > > CONFIG_KVM_INTEL=y > > > CONFIG_KVM_AMD=y > > > but fails if only > > > CONFIG_KVM=y > > > CONFIG_KVM_AMD=y > > > are selected. > > > > And a follow up email with a reference to a patch that addresses the issue: > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/8/15/122 > > The patch in question will become available in 4.18.2 upstream. See > the link below. > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git/commit/?h=linux-4.18.y&id=eca268a3133cafcd188d85489f08a7c5907d985d >
Hi Alexander, THAT's helpful! Yeah! Thanks a lot! The only question for me remains: Why does www.startpage.com (search engine) couldn' find that (I tried that before....) ? Cheers! Meino PS: The recompiling-engine has already powered up and restarted...all motors are working heavily... :::)))
