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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2024-03-12 05:53:15 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2024-03-12 05:53:15 +0300
commit685d98211273f60e38a6d361b62d7016c545297e (patch)
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parentfcc196579aa1fc167d6778948bff69fae6116737 (diff)
parent35ce64922c8263448e58a2b9e8d15a64e11e9b2d (diff)
downloadlinux-685d98211273f60e38a6d361b62d7016c545297e.tar.xz
Merge tag 'x86-core-2024-03-11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull core x86 updates from Ingo Molnar: - The biggest change is the rework of the percpu code, to support the 'Named Address Spaces' GCC feature, by Uros Bizjak: - This allows C code to access GS and FS segment relative memory via variables declared with such attributes, which allows the compiler to better optimize those accesses than the previous inline assembly code. - The series also includes a number of micro-optimizations for various percpu access methods, plus a number of cleanups of %gs accesses in assembly code. - These changes have been exposed to linux-next testing for the last ~5 months, with no known regressions in this area. - Fix/clean up __switch_to()'s broken but accidentally working handling of FPU switching - which also generates better code - Propagate more RIP-relative addressing in assembly code, to generate slightly better code - Rework the CPU mitigations Kconfig space to be less idiosyncratic, to make it easier for distros to follow & maintain these options - Rework the x86 idle code to cure RCU violations and to clean up the logic - Clean up the vDSO Makefile logic - Misc cleanups and fixes * tag 'x86-core-2024-03-11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (52 commits) x86/idle: Select idle routine only once x86/idle: Let prefer_mwait_c1_over_halt() return bool x86/idle: Cleanup idle_setup() x86/idle: Clean up idle selection x86/idle: Sanitize X86_BUG_AMD_E400 handling sched/idle: Conditionally handle tick broadcast in default_idle_call() x86: Increase brk randomness entropy for 64-bit systems x86/vdso: Move vDSO to mmap region x86/vdso/kbuild: Group non-standard build attributes and primary object file rules together x86/vdso: Fix rethunk patching for vdso-image-{32,64}.o x86/retpoline: Ensure default return thunk isn't used at runtime x86/vdso: Use CONFIG_COMPAT_32 to specify vdso32 x86/vdso: Use $(addprefix ) instead of $(foreach ) x86/vdso: Simplify obj-y addition x86/vdso: Consolidate targets and clean-files x86/bugs: Rename CONFIG_RETHUNK => CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETHUNK x86/bugs: Rename CONFIG_CPU_SRSO => CONFIG_MITIGATION_SRSO x86/bugs: Rename CONFIG_CPU_IBRS_ENTRY => CONFIG_MITIGATION_IBRS_ENTRY x86/bugs: Rename CONFIG_CPU_UNRET_ENTRY => CONFIG_MITIGATION_UNRET_ENTRY x86/bugs: Rename CONFIG_SLS => CONFIG_MITIGATION_SLS ...
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt4
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 32a8893e5617..cce768afec6b 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst
@@ -473,8 +473,8 @@ Spectre variant 2
-mindirect-branch=thunk-extern -mindirect-branch-register options.
If the kernel is compiled with a Clang compiler, the compiler needs
to support -mretpoline-external-thunk option. The kernel config
- CONFIG_RETPOLINE needs to be turned on, and the CPU needs to run with
- the latest updated microcode.
+ CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETPOLINE needs to be turned on, and the CPU needs
+ to run with the latest updated microcode.
On Intel Skylake-era systems the mitigation covers most, but not all,
cases. See :ref:`[3] <spec_ref3>` for more details.
@@ -609,8 +609,8 @@ kernel command line.
Selecting 'on' will, and 'auto' may, choose a
mitigation method at run time according to the
CPU, the available microcode, the setting of the
- CONFIG_RETPOLINE configuration option, and the
- compiler with which the kernel was built.
+ CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETPOLINE configuration option,
+ and the compiler with which the kernel was built.
Selecting 'on' will also enable the mitigation
against user space to user space task attacks.
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 7be755592b8d..77c3d1a7f116 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -6036,8 +6036,8 @@
Selecting 'on' will, and 'auto' may, choose a
mitigation method at run time according to the
CPU, the available microcode, the setting of the
- CONFIG_RETPOLINE configuration option, and the
- compiler with which the kernel was built.
+ CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETPOLINE configuration option,
+ and the compiler with which the kernel was built.
Selecting 'on' will also enable the mitigation
against user space to user space task attacks.