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authorGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2024-02-26 08:53:50 +0300
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2024-02-26 08:53:50 +0300
commita560a5672826fc1e057068bda93b3d4c98d037a2 (patch)
tree7bc3774f7ec5fa2346a86b7158f975b9a762697a /Documentation
parente89fbb5bc21a10a0de2bb878d4df09f538dc523b (diff)
parentd206a76d7d2726f3b096037f2079ce0bd3ba329b (diff)
downloadlinux-a560a5672826fc1e057068bda93b3d4c98d037a2.tar.xz
Merge v6.8-rc6 into usb-next
We need it here for the USB fixes, and it resolves a merge conflict as reported in linux-next in drivers/usb/roles/class.c Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/arch/x86/mds.rst38
-rw-r--r--Documentation/conf.py6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/google,gs101-clock.yaml4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sphinx/translations.py10
5 files changed, 40 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/arch/x86/mds.rst b/Documentation/arch/x86/mds.rst
index e73fdff62c0a..c58c72362911 100644
--- a/Documentation/arch/x86/mds.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arch/x86/mds.rst
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ The kernel provides a function to invoke the buffer clearing:
mds_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.
+
The mitigation is invoked on kernel/userspace, hypervisor/guest and C-state
(idle) transitions.
@@ -138,17 +141,30 @@ Mitigation points
When transitioning from kernel to user space the CPU buffers are flushed
on affected CPUs when the mitigation is not disabled on the kernel
- command line. The migitation is enabled through the static key
- mds_user_clear.
-
- The mitigation is invoked in prepare_exit_to_usermode() which covers
- all but one of the kernel to user space transitions. The exception
- is when we return from a Non Maskable Interrupt (NMI), which is
- handled directly in do_nmi().
-
- (The reason that NMI is special is that prepare_exit_to_usermode() can
- enable IRQs. In NMI context, NMIs are blocked, and we don't want to
- enable IRQs with NMIs blocked.)
+ command line. The mitigation is enabled through the feature flag
+ X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_CPU_BUF.
+
+ The mitigation is invoked just before transitioning to userspace after
+ user registers are restored. This is done to minimize the window in
+ which kernel data could be accessed after VERW e.g. via an NMI after
+ VERW.
+
+ **Corner case not handled**
+ Interrupts returning to kernel don't clear CPUs buffers since the
+ exit-to-user path is expected to do that anyways. But, there could be
+ a case when an NMI is generated in kernel after the exit-to-user path
+ has cleared the buffers. This case is not handled and NMI returning to
+ kernel don't clear CPU buffers because:
+
+ 1. It is rare to get an NMI after VERW, but before returning to userspace.
+ 2. For an unprivileged user, there is no known way to make that NMI
+ less rare or target it.
+ 3. It would take a large number of these precisely-timed NMIs to mount
+ an actual attack. There's presumably not enough bandwidth.
+ 4. The NMI in question occurs after a VERW, i.e. when user state is
+ restored and most interesting data is already scrubbed. Whats left
+ is only the data that NMI touches, and that may or may not be of
+ any interest.
2. C-State transition
diff --git a/Documentation/conf.py b/Documentation/conf.py
index 5830b01c5642..da64c9fb7e07 100644
--- a/Documentation/conf.py
+++ b/Documentation/conf.py
@@ -388,6 +388,12 @@ latex_elements = {
verbatimhintsturnover=false,
''',
+ #
+ # Some of our authors are fond of deep nesting; tell latex to
+ # cope.
+ #
+ 'maxlistdepth': '10',
+
# For CJK One-half spacing, need to be in front of hyperref
'extrapackages': r'\usepackage{setspace}',
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/google,gs101-clock.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/google,gs101-clock.yaml
index 3eebc03a309b..ca7fdada3ff2 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/google,gs101-clock.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/clock/google,gs101-clock.yaml
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ allOf:
clock-names:
items:
- - const: dout_cmu_misc_bus
- - const: dout_cmu_misc_sss
+ - const: bus
+ - const: sss
additionalProperties: false
diff --git a/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst b/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst
index 84ee60fceef2..fd96e4a3cef9 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ patchwork checks
Checks in patchwork are mostly simple wrappers around existing kernel
scripts, the sources are available at:
-https://github.com/kuba-moo/nipa/tree/master/tests
+https://github.com/linux-netdev/nipa/tree/master/tests
**Do not** post your patches just to run them through the checks.
You must ensure that your patches are ready by testing them locally
diff --git a/Documentation/sphinx/translations.py b/Documentation/sphinx/translations.py
index 47161e6eba99..32c2b32b2b5e 100644
--- a/Documentation/sphinx/translations.py
+++ b/Documentation/sphinx/translations.py
@@ -29,10 +29,7 @@ all_languages = {
}
class LanguagesNode(nodes.Element):
- def __init__(self, current_language, *args, **kwargs):
- super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-
- self.current_language = current_language
+ pass
class TranslationsTransform(Transform):
default_priority = 900
@@ -49,7 +46,8 @@ class TranslationsTransform(Transform):
# normalize docname to be the untranslated one
docname = os.path.join(*components[2:])
- new_nodes = LanguagesNode(all_languages[this_lang_code])
+ new_nodes = LanguagesNode()
+ new_nodes['current_language'] = all_languages[this_lang_code]
for lang_code, lang_name in all_languages.items():
if lang_code == this_lang_code:
@@ -84,7 +82,7 @@ def process_languages(app, doctree, docname):
html_content = app.builder.templates.render('translations.html',
context={
- 'current_language': node.current_language,
+ 'current_language': node['current_language'],
'languages': languages,
})