[alsa-devel] [PATCH] ALSA: isa/wavefront: Fix potential Spectre v1 vulnerabilities

[Gustavo A. R. Silva]

On 12/20/18 11:35 AM, Takashi Iwai wrote:

> 
> Well, no, my question is whether it makes sense to patch the code path
> for such ISA drivers.  Spectre seems applicable since the model around
> 2006 or so, and ISA slot has been already dead for very long time.
> And yet with this minor board...  I bet no one hits this in the
> world.
> 

Oh, I see.  I'm not stopping to analyze all the context around a driver 
other than the code itself.  So, thanks for pointing this out. I won't 
touch those drivers from now on.

Thanks
--
Gustavo