From 3ec8ce5d866ec6a08a9cfab82b62acf4a830b35f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Gleixner Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 16:23:26 +0200 Subject: Documentation: Add section about CPU vulnerabilities Add documentation for the L1TF vulnerability and the mitigation mechanisms: - Explain the problem and risks - Document the mitigation mechanisms - Document the command line controls - Document the sysfs files Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf Acked-by: Linus Torvalds Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180713142323.287429944@linutronix.de --- Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst') diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst index 48d70af11652..0873685bab0f 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst @@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ etc. kernel-parameters devices +This section describes CPU vulnerabilities and provides an overview of the +possible mitigations along with guidance for selecting mitigations if they +are configurable at compile, boot or run time. + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + l1tf + Here is a set of documents aimed at users who are trying to track down problems and bugs in particular. -- cgit