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authorJason Gunthorpe <jgg@mellanox.com>2018-12-11 14:24:57 -0700
committerJason Gunthorpe <jgg@mellanox.com>2018-12-11 14:24:57 -0700
commit28ab1bb0e8f031dd7dd3462ff8f6b2e93fc77e7f (patch)
tree3c0d2177d9bfc513c2d06c1efb5ab62c74fd1953 /Documentation/userspace-api/spec_ctrl.rst
parentb874155a5fa450bf5e4b5303cbfff05958805bf8 (diff)
parent40e020c129cfc991e8ab4736d2665351ffd1468d (diff)
Merge tag 'v4.20-rc6' into rdma.git for-next
For dependencies in following patches.
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@@ -92,3 +92,12 @@ Speculation misfeature controls
* prctl(PR_SET_SPECULATION_CTRL, PR_SPEC_STORE_BYPASS, PR_SPEC_ENABLE, 0, 0);
* prctl(PR_SET_SPECULATION_CTRL, PR_SPEC_STORE_BYPASS, PR_SPEC_DISABLE, 0, 0);
* prctl(PR_SET_SPECULATION_CTRL, PR_SPEC_STORE_BYPASS, PR_SPEC_FORCE_DISABLE, 0, 0);
+
+- PR_SPEC_INDIR_BRANCH: Indirect Branch Speculation in User Processes
+ (Mitigate Spectre V2 style attacks against user processes)
+
+ Invocations:
+ * prctl(PR_GET_SPECULATION_CTRL, PR_SPEC_INDIRECT_BRANCH, 0, 0, 0);
+ * prctl(PR_SET_SPECULATION_CTRL, PR_SPEC_INDIRECT_BRANCH, PR_SPEC_ENABLE, 0, 0);
+ * prctl(PR_SET_SPECULATION_CTRL, PR_SPEC_INDIRECT_BRANCH, PR_SPEC_DISABLE, 0, 0);
+ * prctl(PR_SET_SPECULATION_CTRL, PR_SPEC_INDIRECT_BRANCH, PR_SPEC_FORCE_DISABLE, 0, 0);