Merge tag 'x86-cpu-2021-08-30' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 cache flush updates from Thomas Gleixner:
"A reworked version of the opt-in L1D flush mechanism.
This is a stop gap for potential future speculation related hardware
vulnerabilities and a mechanism for truly security paranoid
applications.
It allows a task to request that the L1D cache is flushed when the
kernel switches to a different mm. This can be requested via prctl().
Changes vs the previous versions:
- Get rid of the software flush fallback
- Make the handling consistent with other mitigations
- Kill the task when it ends up on a SMT enabled core which defeats
the purpose of L1D flushing obviously"
* tag 'x86-cpu-2021-08-30' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
Documentation: Add L1D flushing Documentation
x86, prctl: Hook L1D flushing in via prctl
x86/mm: Prepare for opt-in based L1D flush in switch_mm()
x86/process: Make room for TIF_SPEC_L1D_FLUSH
sched: Add task_work callback for paranoid L1D flush
x86/mm: Refactor cond_ibpb() to support other use cases
x86/smp: Add a per-cpu view of SMT state
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@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ struct cpuinfo_x86 {
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u16 logical_die_id;
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/* Index into per_cpu list: */
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u16 cpu_index;
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/* Is SMT active on this core? */
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bool smt_active;
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u32 microcode;
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/* Address space bits used by the cache internally */
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u8 x86_cache_bits;
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