[PATCH] x86/tsx: Set default TSX mode to auto

[Nikolay Borisov]

The last known vulnerability concerning TSX was TAA (CVE-2019-11135) a
lot of time has passed since then and Intel has released a numerous
processor which do not have the TAA vulnerability (Cooper/Ice Lake,
Sapphire/Emerald/Granite Rappids) yet have TSX disable by default.

I believe having the default to AUTO rather than OFF strikes a good
balance between mitigation and reaping the benefits of the TSX feature.
So let's switch the default to AUTO.

Signed-off-by: Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@xxxxxxxx>
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 arch/x86/Kconfig | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 58d890fe2100..d1c4a8840d7c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1810,7 +1810,7 @@ config ARCH_PKEY_BITS
 choice
 	prompt "TSX enable mode"
 	depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL
-	default X86_INTEL_TSX_MODE_OFF
+	default X86_INTEL_TSX_MODE_AUTO
 	help
 	  Intel's TSX (Transactional Synchronization Extensions) feature
 	  allows to optimize locking protocols through lock elision which
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