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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.rst | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 13 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.rst index 1302fd1b55e8..6dba18dbb9ab 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.rst @@ -157,9 +157,7 @@ This is achieved by using the otherwise unused and obsolete VERW instruction in combination with a microcode update. The microcode clears the affected CPU buffers when the VERW instruction is executed. -Kernel reuses the MDS function to invoke the buffer clearing: - - mds_clear_cpu_buffers() +Kernel does the buffer clearing with x86_clear_cpu_buffers(). On MDS affected CPUs, the kernel already invokes CPU buffer clear on kernel/userspace, hypervisor/guest and C-state (idle) transitions. No diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index f1f2c0874da9..07e22ba5bfe3 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -7488,6 +7488,19 @@ having this key zero'ed is acceptable. E.g. in testing scenarios. + tsa= [X86] Control mitigation for Transient Scheduler + Attacks on AMD CPUs. Search the following in your + favourite search engine for more details: + + "Technical guidance for mitigating transient scheduler + attacks". + + off - disable the mitigation + on - enable the mitigation (default) + user - mitigate only user/kernel transitions + vm - mitigate only guest/host transitions + + tsc= Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC. Format: <string> [x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this |