Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull x86 fixes from Thomas Gleixner:

 - Correct the L1TF fallout on 32bit and the off by one in the 'too much
   RAM for protection' calculation.

 - Add a helpful kernel message for the 'too much RAM' case

 - Unbreak the VDSO in case that the compiler desides to use indirect
   jumps/calls and emits retpolines which cannot be resolved because the
   kernel uses its own thunks, which does not work for the VDSO. Make it
   use the builtin thunks.

 - Re-export start_thread() which was unexported when the 32/64bit
   implementation was unified. start_thread() is required by modular
   binfmt handlers.

 - Trivial cleanups

* 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/speculation/l1tf: Suggest what to do on systems with too much RAM
  x86/speculation/l1tf: Fix off-by-one error when warning that system has too much RAM
  x86/kvm/vmx: Remove duplicate l1d flush definitions
  x86/speculation/l1tf: Fix overflow in l1tf_pfn_limit() on 32bit
  x86/process: Re-export start_thread()
  x86/mce: Add notifier_block forward declaration
  x86/vdso: Fix vDSO build if a retpoline is emitted

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index cb4a16292aa7..4c2313d0b9ca 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -702,6 +702,10 @@ static void __init l1tf_select_mitigation(void)
 	half_pa = (u64)l1tf_pfn_limit() << PAGE_SHIFT;
 	if (e820__mapped_any(half_pa, ULLONG_MAX - half_pa, E820_TYPE_RAM)) {
 		pr_warn("System has more than MAX_PA/2 memory. L1TF mitigation not effective.\n");
+		pr_info("You may make it effective by booting the kernel with mem=%llu parameter.\n",
+				half_pa);
+		pr_info("However, doing so will make a part of your RAM unusable.\n");
+		pr_info("Reading https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/l1tf.html might help you decide.\n");
 		return;
 	}