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authorOlof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>2018-12-31 11:54:03 -0800
committerOlof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>2018-12-31 11:54:03 -0800
commitcac1fc8fb561ac766468394d49c3dd11a2b8cb44 (patch)
tree5483f72b13b766cfbd6f025d2a828fef3d1d0203 /Documentation/userspace-api/spec_ctrl.rst
parentbd3fde386decf09317ff4a07cd0d05380a22f525 (diff)
parent54518ed45734bb7ebf2773b1d32120c62338cc93 (diff)
Merge branch 'fixes' into next/soc
Merge in fixes here, since the last batch didn't make it in before the release of 4.20, and we might as well group them with this set of patches. * fixes: (822 commits) arm64: dts: renesas: draak: Fix CVBS input ARM: dts: Fix OMAP4430 SDP Ethernet startup ARM: dts: am335x-pdu001: Fix polarity of card detection input ARM: OMAP1: ams-delta: Fix audio permanently muted ARM: dts: omap5: Fix dual-role mode on Super-Speed port arm64: dts: rockchip: fix rk3399-rockpro64 regulator gpios ARM: dts: imx7d-nitrogen7: Fix the description of the Wifi clock ARM: imx: update the cpu power up timing setting on i.mx6sx Revert "arm64: dts: marvell: add CPU Idle power state support on Armada 7K/8K" ARM: dts: imx7d-pico: Describe the Wifi clock ARM: dts: realview: Fix some more duplicate regulator nodes MAINTAINERS: update entry for MMP platform ARM: mmp/mmp2: fix cpu_is_mmp2() on mmp2-dt MAINTAINERS: mediatek: Update SoC entry ARM: dts: bcm2837: Fix polarity of wifi reset GPIOs + Linux 4.20-rc5 Signed-off-by: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/spec_ctrl.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/spec_ctrl.rst
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+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/spec_ctrl.rst
@@ -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);