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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2023-02-22 01:51:40 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2023-02-22 01:51:40 +0300
commit877934769e5b91798d304d4641647900ee614ce8 (patch)
treed5055afc19486841e73fcae43f00c0b10a49153e /Documentation/admin-guide
parent74e19ef0ff8061ef55957c3abd71614ef0f42f47 (diff)
parent7914695743d598b189d549f2f57af24aa5633705 (diff)
downloadlinux-877934769e5b91798d304d4641647900ee614ce8.tar.xz
Merge tag 'x86_cpu_for_v6.3_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 cpuid updates from Borislav Petkov: - Cache the AMD debug registers in per-CPU variables to avoid MSR writes where possible, when supporting a debug registers swap feature for SEV-ES guests - Add support for AMD's version of eIBRS called Automatic IBRS which is a set-and-forget control of indirect branch restriction speculation resources on privilege change - Add support for a new x86 instruction - LKGS - Load kernel GS which is part of the FRED infrastructure - Reset SPEC_CTRL upon init to accomodate use cases like kexec which rediscover - Other smaller fixes and cleanups * tag 'x86_cpu_for_v6.3_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: x86/amd: Cache debug register values in percpu variables KVM: x86: Propagate the AMD Automatic IBRS feature to the guest x86/cpu: Support AMD Automatic IBRS x86/cpu, kvm: Add the SMM_CTL MSR not present feature x86/cpu, kvm: Add the Null Selector Clears Base feature x86/cpu, kvm: Move X86_FEATURE_LFENCE_RDTSC to its native leaf x86/cpu, kvm: Add the NO_NESTED_DATA_BP feature KVM: x86: Move open-coded CPUID leaf 0x80000021 EAX bit propagation code x86/cpu, kvm: Add support for CPUID_80000021_EAX x86/gsseg: Add the new <asm/gsseg.h> header to <asm/asm-prototypes.h> x86/gsseg: Use the LKGS instruction if available for load_gs_index() x86/gsseg: Move load_gs_index() to its own new header file x86/gsseg: Make asm_load_gs_index() take an u16 x86/opcode: Add the LKGS instruction to x86-opcode-map x86/cpufeature: Add the CPU feature bit for LKGS x86/bugs: Reset speculation control settings on init x86/cpu: Remove redundant extern x86_read_arch_cap_msr()
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt6
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst
index c4dcdb3d0d45..3fe6511c5405 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst
@@ -610,9 +610,9 @@ kernel command line.
retpoline,generic Retpolines
retpoline,lfence LFENCE; indirect branch
retpoline,amd alias for retpoline,lfence
- eibrs enhanced IBRS
- eibrs,retpoline enhanced IBRS + Retpolines
- eibrs,lfence enhanced IBRS + LFENCE
+ eibrs Enhanced/Auto IBRS
+ eibrs,retpoline Enhanced/Auto IBRS + Retpolines
+ eibrs,lfence Enhanced/Auto IBRS + LFENCE
ibrs use IBRS to protect kernel
Not specifying this option is equivalent to
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 8870a29f92a8..993f3b6c10ff 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -5740,9 +5740,9 @@
retpoline,generic - Retpolines
retpoline,lfence - LFENCE; indirect branch
retpoline,amd - alias for retpoline,lfence
- eibrs - enhanced IBRS
- eibrs,retpoline - enhanced IBRS + Retpolines
- eibrs,lfence - enhanced IBRS + LFENCE
+ eibrs - Enhanced/Auto IBRS
+ eibrs,retpoline - Enhanced/Auto IBRS + Retpolines
+ eibrs,lfence - Enhanced/Auto IBRS + LFENCE
ibrs - use IBRS to protect kernel
Not specifying this option is equivalent to