[PATCH libgcrypt] Disable CPU speculation-related misfeatures

Werner Koch wk at gnupg.org
Sun Jun 22 18:50:37 CEST 2025


On Fri, 13 Jun 2025 23:40, Collin Funk said:

> I had the same thought when I saw the patch and checked openssl. It
> doesn't do it. Perhaps some others do, but I don't have them cloned to
> check. :)

I also agree.  A library should not change properties of the system -
this is the task of the application.  A common exception I recall is to
ignore SIGPIPE because this is actualy a misfeature and libraries which
spawn other processes should make sure that this is ignored.


Salam-Shalom,

   Werner

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The pioneers of a warless world are the youth that
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