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| author | Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org> | 2024-04-10 22:40:45 -0700 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2024-04-11 10:30:25 +0200 |
| commit | dfe648903f42296866d79f10d03f8c85c9dfba30 (patch) | |
| tree | b5bf6330b376cdc73dee8daf5198de3c1be9d50e /Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln | |
| parent | f337a6a21e2fd67eadea471e93d05dd37baaa9be (diff) | |
x86/bugs: Fix BHI documentation
Fix up some inaccuracies in the BHI documentation.
Fixes: ec9404e40e8f ("x86/bhi: Add BHI mitigation knob")
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@suse.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/8c84f7451bfe0dd08543c6082a383f390d4aa7e2.1712813475.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst | 15 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst index b70b1d8bd8e6..3cf18e4a1d9a 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst @@ -439,11 +439,11 @@ The possible values in this file are: - System is protected by retpoline * - BHI: BHI_DIS_S - System is protected by BHI_DIS_S - * - BHI: SW loop; KVM SW loop + * - BHI: SW loop, KVM SW loop - System is protected by software clearing sequence * - BHI: Syscall hardening - Syscalls are hardened against BHI - * - BHI: Syscall hardening; KVM: SW loop + * - BHI: Syscall hardening, KVM: SW loop - System is protected from userspace attacks by syscall hardening; KVM is protected by software clearing sequence Full mitigation might require a microcode update from the CPU @@ -666,13 +666,14 @@ kernel command line. of the HW BHI control and the SW BHB clearing sequence. on - unconditionally enable. + (default) Enable the HW or SW mitigation as + needed. off - unconditionally disable. + Disable the mitigation. auto - enable if hardware mitigation - control(BHI_DIS_S) is available, otherwise - enable alternate mitigation in KVM. + Enable the HW mitigation if needed, but + *don't* enable the SW mitigation except for KVM. + The system may be vulnerable. For spectre_v2_user see Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt |