3.16.68-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit 5c14068f87d04adc73ba3f41c2a303d3c3d1fa12 upstream.
Add MDS to the new 'mitigations=' cmdline option.
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[bwh: Backported to 3.16:
- Drop the auto,nosmt option, which we can't support
- Adjust filenames, context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1920,6 +1920,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes
nospectre_v2 [X86]
spectre_v2_user=off [X86]
spec_store_bypass_disable=off [X86]
+ mds=off [X86]
auto (default)
Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, but leave SMT
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ static const char * const mds_strings[]
static void __init mds_select_mitigation(void)
{
- if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_MDS)) {
+ if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_MDS) || cpu_mitigations_off()) {
mds_mitigation = MDS_MITIGATION_OFF;
return;
}
