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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/kernel-parameters.txt | |
| 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/kernel-parameters.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 70046a019d42..a029ad6c4963 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -3444,6 +3444,7 @@ retbleed=off [X86] spec_rstack_overflow=off [X86] spec_store_bypass_disable=off [X86,PPC] + spectre_bhi=off [X86] spectre_v2_user=off [X86] srbds=off [X86,INTEL] ssbd=force-off [ARM64] @@ -6069,11 +6070,12 @@ deployment of the HW BHI control and the SW BHB clearing sequence. - on - unconditionally enable. - off - unconditionally disable. - auto - (default) enable hardware mitigation - (BHI_DIS_S) if available, otherwise enable - alternate mitigation in KVM. + on - (default) Enable the HW or SW mitigation + as needed. + off - Disable the mitigation. + auto - Enable the HW mitigation if needed, but + *don't* enable the SW mitigation except + for KVM. The system may be vulnerable. spectre_v2= [X86,EARLY] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2 (indirect branch speculation) vulnerability. |