[PATCH v7 0/3] Optionally flush L1D cache on context switch

From: Balbir Singh
Date: Sat May 16 2020 - 06:36:01 EST


These are the remaining patches built on top of
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/devel.git/log/?h=x86/mm

for the series posted at
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200510014803.12190-1-sblbir@xxxxxxxxxx/

Changelog v7
- Split patch 5 from the previous series into two patches
- Reuse the prctl PR_GET/SET_SPECULATION_CTRL with PR_SPEC_L1D_FLUSH_OUT
as the ctrl parameter
- Add the BUILD_BUG_ON that went missing that checks the placement of
TIF_SPEC_L1D_FLUSH
- Update the documentation to reflect the changes

Balbir Singh (3):
x86/mm: Optionally flush L1D on context switch
prctl: Hook L1D flushing in via prctl
Documentation: Add L1D flushing Documentation

Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/index.rst | 1 +
.../admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1d_flush.rst | 51 +++++++++++++++++++
Documentation/userspace-api/spec_ctrl.rst | 7 +++
arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h | 9 +++-
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 28 ++++++++++
arch/x86/mm/tlb.c | 39 ++++++++++++--
include/uapi/linux/prctl.h | 1 +
7 files changed, 131 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1d_flush.rst

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