Re: [PATCH -tip 17/32] arch/x86: Add a new TIF flag for untrusted tasks

From: Balbir Singh
Date: Mon Nov 23 2020 - 00:23:30 EST


On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 06:19:47PM -0500, Joel Fernandes (Google) wrote:
> Add a new TIF flag to indicate whether the kernel needs to be careful
> and take additional steps to mitigate micro-architectural issues during
> entry into user or guest mode.
>
> This new flag will be used by the series to determine if waiting is
> needed or not, during exit to user or guest mode.
>
> Tested-by: Julien Desfossez <jdesfossez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Aubrey Li <aubrey.intel@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Acked-by: Balbir Singh <bsingharora@xxxxxxxxx>