linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.4 170/193] x86/bugs: Drop one "mitigation" from dmesg

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Date:   Fri, 23 Feb 2018 19:26:43 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, riel@...hat.com,
        ak@...ux.intel.com, peterz@...radead.org,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>, jikos@...nel.org,
        luto@...capital.net, dave.hansen@...el.com,
        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, keescook@...gle.com,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com, pjt@...gle.com,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>,
        Jack Wang <jinpu.wang@...fitbricks.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.4 170/193] x86/bugs: Drop one "mitigation" from dmesg

4.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>

(cherry picked from commit 55fa19d3e51f33d9cd4056d25836d93abf9438db)

Make

[    0.031118] Spectre V2 mitigation: Mitigation: Full generic retpoline

into

[    0.031118] Spectre V2: Mitigation: Full generic retpoline

to reduce the mitigation mitigations strings.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: riel@...hat.com
Cc: ak@...ux.intel.com
Cc: peterz@...radead.org
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Cc: jikos@...nel.org
Cc: luto@...capital.net
Cc: dave.hansen@...el.com
Cc: torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Cc: keescook@...gle.com
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc: tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com
Cc: pjt@...gle.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180126121139.31959-5-bp@alien8.de
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>
[jwang: port to 4.4]
Signed-off-by: Jack Wang <jinpu.wang@...fitbricks.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ static const char *spectre_v2_strings[]
 };
 
 #undef pr_fmt
-#define pr_fmt(fmt)     "Spectre V2 mitigation: " fmt
+#define pr_fmt(fmt)     "Spectre V2 : " fmt
 
 static enum spectre_v2_mitigation spectre_v2_enabled = SPECTRE_V2_NONE;