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authorLin Yujun <linyujun809@huawei.com>2022-08-30 15:36:14 +0300
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2024-04-13 13:51:21 +0300
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Documentation/hw-vuln: Update spectre doc
commit 06cb31cc761823ef444ba4e1df11347342a6e745 upstream. commit 7c693f54c873691 ("x86/speculation: Add spectre_v2=ibrs option to support Kernel IBRS") adds the "ibrs " option in Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt but omits it to Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst, add it. Signed-off-by: Lin Yujun <linyujun809@huawei.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220830123614.23007-1-linyujun809@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst
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--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst
@@ -625,6 +625,7 @@ kernel command line.
eibrs enhanced IBRS
eibrs,retpoline enhanced IBRS + Retpolines
eibrs,lfence enhanced IBRS + LFENCE
+ ibrs use IBRS to protect kernel
Not specifying this option is equivalent to
spectre_v2=auto.