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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.rst | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/arch/x86/mds.rst | 8 |
4 files changed, 19 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu index bf85f4de6862..ab8cd337f43a 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu @@ -584,6 +584,7 @@ What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v1 /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v2 /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/srbds + /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/tsa /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/tsx_async_abort Date: January 2018 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.rst index 1302fd1b55e8..6dba18dbb9ab 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.rst @@ -157,9 +157,7 @@ This is achieved by using the otherwise unused and obsolete VERW instruction in combination with a microcode update. The microcode clears the affected CPU buffers when the VERW instruction is executed. -Kernel reuses the MDS function to invoke the buffer clearing: - - mds_clear_cpu_buffers() +Kernel does the buffer clearing with x86_clear_cpu_buffers(). On MDS affected CPUs, the kernel already invokes CPU buffer clear on kernel/userspace, hypervisor/guest and C-state (idle) transitions. No diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index f1f2c0874da9..07e22ba5bfe3 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -7488,6 +7488,19 @@ having this key zero'ed is acceptable. E.g. in testing scenarios. + tsa= [X86] Control mitigation for Transient Scheduler + Attacks on AMD CPUs. Search the following in your + favourite search engine for more details: + + "Technical guidance for mitigating transient scheduler + attacks". + + off - disable the mitigation + on - enable the mitigation (default) + user - mitigate only user/kernel transitions + vm - mitigate only guest/host transitions + + tsc= Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC. Format: <string> [x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this diff --git a/Documentation/arch/x86/mds.rst b/Documentation/arch/x86/mds.rst index 5a2e6c0ef04a..3518671e1a85 100644 --- a/Documentation/arch/x86/mds.rst +++ b/Documentation/arch/x86/mds.rst @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ enters a C-state. The kernel provides a function to invoke the buffer clearing: - mds_clear_cpu_buffers() + x86_clear_cpu_buffers() Also macro CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS can be used in ASM late in exit-to-user path. Other than CFLAGS.ZF, this macro doesn't clobber any registers. @@ -185,9 +185,9 @@ Mitigation points idle clearing would be a window dressing exercise and is therefore not activated. - The invocation is controlled by the static key mds_idle_clear which is - switched depending on the chosen mitigation mode and the SMT state of - the system. + The invocation is controlled by the static key cpu_buf_idle_clear which is + switched depending on the chosen mitigation mode and the SMT state of the + system. The buffer clear is only invoked before entering the C-State to prevent that stale data from the idling CPU from spilling to the Hyper-Thread |