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authorMarcel Ziswiler <marcel.ziswiler@toradex.com>2020-05-19 23:01:26 +0200
committerMarcel Ziswiler <marcel.ziswiler@toradex.com>2020-05-19 23:37:01 +0200
commit2ae782ca839e0ee07de37122ddea362adff2e975 (patch)
treedf6b1a190760f51465122ca4c13492d5ac5984c6 /Documentation/spec_ctrl.txt
parent0a8ab17689e628c84a666195bfc6ab85d11cf057 (diff)
parent0661b3d6cfd774e28a2e2ba90a3d87479e5c399b (diff)
Merge tag 'v4.9.220' into 4.9-2.3.x-imx
This is the 4.9.220 stable release Conflicts: arch/arm/Kconfig.debug arch/arm/boot/dts/imx7s.dtsi arch/arm/mach-imx/common.h arch/arm/mach-imx/cpuidle-imx6q.c arch/arm/mach-imx/cpuidle-imx6sx.c arch/arm/mach-imx/suspend-imx6.S block/blk-core.c drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg.c drivers/crypto/mxs-dcp.c drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/adv7511/adv7511_drv.c drivers/input/keyboard/imx_keypad.c drivers/input/keyboard/snvs_pwrkey.c drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c drivers/net/can/flexcan.c drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c drivers/tty/serial/imx.c drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.c drivers/usb/host/xhci.c include/linux/blkdev.h include/linux/cpu.h include/linux/platform_data/dma-imx-sdma.h kernel/cpu.c net/wireless/util.c sound/soc/fsl/Kconfig sound/soc/fsl/fsl_esai.c sound/soc/fsl/fsl_sai.c sound/soc/fsl/imx-sgtl5000.c
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diff --git a/Documentation/spec_ctrl.txt b/Documentation/spec_ctrl.txt
index 32f3d55c54b7..c4dbe6f7cdae 100644
--- a/Documentation/spec_ctrl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/spec_ctrl.txt
@@ -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);