[PATCH 4/4] x86/speculation: Add PSF mitigation kernel parameters

From: Ramakrishna Saripalli
Date: Wed Apr 21 2021 - 05:01:47 EST


From: Ramakrishna Saripalli <rk.saripalli@xxxxxxx>

PSF mitigation introduces a new kernel parameter called
predict_store_fwd.

Signed-off-by: Ramakrishna Saripalli<rk.saripalli@xxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 04545725f187..58f6bd02385b 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3940,6 +3940,11 @@
Format: {"off"}
Disable Hardware Transactional Memory

+ predict_store_fwd [X86] This option controls PSF mitigation
+ off - Turns on PSF mitigation.
+ on - Turns off PSF mitigation.
+ default : on.
+
preempt= [KNL]
Select preemption mode if you have CONFIG_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
none - Limited to cond_resched() calls
--
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