Re: [patch V2 01/28] x86/speculation: Update the TIF_SSBD comment

From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
Date: Thu Nov 29 2018 - 09:27:54 EST


On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 07:33:29PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> "Reduced Data Speculation" is an obsolete term. The correct new name is
> "Speculative store bypass disable" - which is abbreviated into SSBD.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thank you!
>
> ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
> @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ struct thread_info {
> #define TIF_SIGPENDING 2 /* signal pending */
> #define TIF_NEED_RESCHED 3 /* rescheduling necessary */
> #define TIF_SINGLESTEP 4 /* reenable singlestep on user return*/
> -#define TIF_SSBD 5 /* Reduced data speculation */
> +#define TIF_SSBD 5 /* Speculative store bypass disable */
> #define TIF_SYSCALL_EMU 6 /* syscall emulation active */
> #define TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT 7 /* syscall auditing active */
> #define TIF_SECCOMP 8 /* secure computing */
>
>