On Thu, 4 Jan 2018 02:59:57 +0000
Peter Robinson <pbrobinson(a)gmail.com> wrote:
In the brief look I took at the patches the fixes are only applied
if
the processor is vulnerable, so in the case of meltdown, it's only
applied to the affected processors. This is generally the case with
most CPU HW errata, whether a CVE or not, but also I suspect the
kernel teams will be erring of the side of caution and will
adjust/improve as things can be verified and tested.
Thanks for the information.