3.16.68-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 8eb729b77faf83ac4c1f363a9ad68d042415f24c upstream. "Reduced Data Speculation" is an obsolete term. The correct new name is "Speculative store bypass disable" - which is abbreviated into SSBD. Signed-off-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx> Cc: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx> Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Casey Schaufler <casey.schaufler@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Asit Mallick <asit.k.mallick@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jon Masters <jcm@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Waiman Long <longman9394@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dave Stewart <david.c.stewart@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181125185003.593893901@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust context] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ struct thread_info { #define TIF_SIGPENDING 2 /* signal pending */ #define TIF_NEED_RESCHED 3 /* rescheduling necessary */ #define TIF_SINGLESTEP 4 /* reenable singlestep on user return*/ -#define TIF_SSBD 5 /* Reduced data speculation */ +#define TIF_SSBD 5 /* Speculative store bypass disable */ #define TIF_SYSCALL_EMU 6 /* syscall emulation active */ #define TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT 7 /* syscall auditing active */ #define TIF_SECCOMP 8 /* secure computing */