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authorMarcel Ziswiler <marcel.ziswiler@toradex.com>2020-05-21 00:54:36 +0200
committerMarcel Ziswiler <marcel.ziswiler@toradex.com>2020-05-21 00:54:36 +0200
commit135d39dcedcedd1f44ea0bba52f15ac5922c114f (patch)
tree12379fc8ef7489eaca1c7245f8bd6af74c619a8f /Documentation/spec_ctrl.txt
parent187764bd111b27783b6d68ffb3b3dbb3a9bafd38 (diff)
parent1279cd128bba968ebe0a2df7f7ae38bae90250ef (diff)
Merge remote-tracking branch 'remotes/fslc/4.9-2.3.x-imx' into toradex_4.9-2.3.x-imx-next
Conflicts: sound/soc/codecs/sgtl5000.c sound/soc/fsl/imx-sgtl5000.c
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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);