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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst index 32a8893e5617..cce768afec6b 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst @@ -473,8 +473,8 @@ Spectre variant 2 -mindirect-branch=thunk-extern -mindirect-branch-register options. If the kernel is compiled with a Clang compiler, the compiler needs to support -mretpoline-external-thunk option. The kernel config - CONFIG_RETPOLINE needs to be turned on, and the CPU needs to run with - the latest updated microcode. + CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETPOLINE needs to be turned on, and the CPU needs + to run with the latest updated microcode. On Intel Skylake-era systems the mitigation covers most, but not all, cases. See :ref:`[3] <spec_ref3>` for more details. @@ -609,8 +609,8 @@ kernel command line. Selecting 'on' will, and 'auto' may, choose a mitigation method at run time according to the CPU, the available microcode, the setting of the - CONFIG_RETPOLINE configuration option, and the - compiler with which the kernel was built. + CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETPOLINE configuration option, + and the compiler with which the kernel was built. Selecting 'on' will also enable the mitigation against user space to user space task attacks. |