Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: cpu/bugs: add support for AMD ERAPS feature
From: Pawan Gupta
Date: Thu Oct 31 2024 - 19:04:32 EST
On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 04:39:24PM +0100, Amit Shah wrote:
> From: Amit Shah <amit.shah@xxxxxxx>
>
> Remove explicit RET stuffing / filling on VMEXITs and context
> switches on AMD CPUs with the ERAPS feature (Turin+).
>
> With the Enhanced Return Address Prediction Security feature, any
> hardware TLB flush results in flushing of the RSB (aka RAP in AMD spec).
> This guarantees an RSB flush across context switches.
Is it that the mov to CR3 triggers the RSB flush?
> Feature documented in AMD PPR 57238.
I couldn't find ERAPS feature description here, I could only manage to find
the bit position:
24 ERAPS. Read-only. Reset: 1. Indicates support for enhanced return
address predictor security.
Could you please point me to the document/section where this is described?