On 4/5/19 6:57 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 04, 2019 at 11:44:12AM -0500, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
>> Configure x86 runtime CPU speculation bug mitigations in accordance with
>> the 'cpu_spec_mitigations=' cmdline options.  This affects Meltdown,
>> Spectre v2, Speculative Store Bypass, and L1TF.
>>
>> The default behavior is unchanged.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoim...@redhat.com>
>> ---
>>  .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt         | 15 +++++++++
>>  arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h              |  1 +
>>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c                    | 32 ++++++++++++++++---
>>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c                        |  2 ++
>>  arch/x86/mm/pti.c                             |  4 ++-
>>  5 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt 
>> b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
>> index ac42e510bd6e..29dc03971630 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
>> @@ -2552,6 +2552,11 @@
>>  
>>                      off
>>                              Disable all speculative CPU mitigations.
>> +                            Equivalent to: nopti [x86]
>> +                                           nospectre_v2 [x86]
>> +                                           spectre_v2_user=off [x86]
>> +                                           spec_store_bypass_disable=off 
>> [x86]
>> +                                           l1tf=off [x86]
>>  
>>                      auto (default)
>>                              Mitigate all speculative CPU vulnerabilities,
>> @@ -2560,12 +2565,22 @@
>>                              surprised by SMT getting disabled across kernel
>>                              upgrades, or who have other ways of avoiding
>>                              SMT-based attacks.
>> +                            Equivalent to: pti=auto [x86]
>> +                                           spectre_v2=auto [x86]
>> +                                           spectre_v2_user=auto [x86]
>> +                                           spec_store_bypass_disable=auto 
>> [x86]
>> +                                           l1tf=flush [x86]
>>  
>>                      auto,nosmt
>>                              Mitigate all speculative CPU vulnerabilities,
>>                              disabling SMT if needed.  This is for users who
>>                              always want to be fully mitigated, even if it
>>                              means losing SMT.
>> +                            Equivalent to: pti=auto [x86]
>> +                                           spectre_v2=auto [x86]
>> +                                           spectre_v2_user=auto [x86]
>> +                                           spec_store_bypass_disable=auto 
>> [x86]
>> +                                           l1tf=flush,nosmt [x86]
>>  
>>      mminit_loglevel=
>>                      [KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this
> 
> Yap, those sets look ok.

nit:  s/x86/X86/g
according to Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst


-- 
~Randy

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