Re: [PATCH v6] Documentation: Add section about CPU vulnerabilities for Spectre

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Fri Jun 21 2019 - 19:29:31 EST


On 6/20/19 4:10 PM, Tim Chen wrote:
> Add documentation for Spectre vulnerability and the mitigation mechanisms:
>
> - Explain the problem and risks
> - Document the mitigation mechanisms
> - Document the command line controls
> - Document the sysfs files
>
> Co-developed-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Co-developed-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/index.rst | 1 +
> Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst | 697 ++++++++++++++++++
> Documentation/userspace-api/spec_ctrl.rst | 2 +
> 3 files changed, 700 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst
>

Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.

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~Randy