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Peter Zijlstra 99a9dc98ba x86,perf: Disable intel_bts when PTI
The intel_bts driver does not use the 'normal' BTS buffer which is exposed
through the cpu_entry_area but instead uses the memory allocated for the
perf AUX buffer.

This obviously comes apart when using PTI because then the kernel mapping;
which includes that AUX buffer memory; disappears. Fixing this requires to
expose a mapping which is visible in all context and that's not trivial.

As a quick fix disable this driver when PTI is enabled to prevent
malfunction.

Fixes: 385ce0ea4c ("x86/mm/pti: Add Kconfig")
Reported-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Reported-by: Robert Święcki <robert@swiecki.net>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: greg@kroah.com
Cc: hughd@google.com
Cc: luto@amacapital.net
Cc: Vince Weaver <vince@deater.net>
Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180114102713.GB6166@worktop.programming.kicks-ass.net
2018-01-14 11:42:10 +01:00
arch x86,perf: Disable intel_bts when PTI 2018-01-14 11:42:10 +01:00
block License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
certs License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
crypto Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2017-11-06 09:05:03 -08:00
Documentation x86/spectre: Add boot time option to select Spectre v2 mitigation 2018-01-12 00:14:29 +01:00
drivers sysfs/cpu: Add vulnerability folder 2018-01-08 11:10:33 +01:00
firmware License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
fs locking/barriers: Convert users of lockless_dereference() to READ_ONCE() 2017-12-17 13:57:15 +01:00
include sysfs/cpu: Add vulnerability folder 2018-01-08 11:10:33 +01:00
init x86/mm/pti: Add infrastructure for page table isolation 2017-12-23 21:12:59 +01:00
ipc License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
kernel arch, mm: Allow arch_dup_mmap() to fail 2017-12-22 20:13:01 +01:00
lib Merge commit 'upstream-x86-entry' into WIP.x86/mm 2017-12-17 12:58:53 +01:00
mm locking/barriers: Convert users of lockless_dereference() to READ_ONCE() 2017-12-17 13:57:15 +01:00
net vlan: fix a use-after-free in vlan_device_event() 2017-11-11 19:35:32 +09:00
samples License cleanup: add SPDX license identifiers to some files 2017-11-02 10:04:46 -07:00
scripts Merge commit 'upstream-x86-entry' into WIP.x86/mm 2017-12-17 12:58:53 +01:00
security security/Kconfig: Correct the Documentation reference for PTI 2018-01-14 11:42:10 +01:00
sound sound fixes for 4.14 2017-11-09 09:58:11 -08:00
tools selftests/x86: Add test_vsyscall 2018-01-13 11:23:03 +01:00
usr initramfs: fix initramfs rebuilds w/ compression after disabling 2017-11-03 07:39:19 -07:00
virt Fixes for interrupt controller emulation in ARM/ARM64 and x86, plus a one-liner 2017-11-04 11:44:55 -07:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
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Kbuild License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
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MAINTAINERS Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2017-11-09 18:26:51 -08:00
Makefile Merge commit 'upstream-x86-entry' into WIP.x86/mm 2017-12-17 12:58:53 +01:00
README README: add a new README file, pointing to the Documentation/ 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00

Linux kernel
============

This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst

Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users.
These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.