linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Add powerpc options for spec_store_bypass

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1807100809320.1590@nanos.tec.linutronix.de>
Date:   Tue, 10 Jul 2018 08:10:14 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
cc:     corbet@....net, keescook@...omium.org, konrad.wilk@...cle.com,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...abs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Add powerpc options for
 spec_store_bypass_disable

On Tue, 10 Jul 2018, Michael Ellerman wrote:

> Document the support for spec_store_bypass_disable that was added for
> powerpc in commit a048a07d7f45 ("powerpc/64s: Add support for a store
> forwarding barrier at kernel entry/exit").
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
> ---
>  Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 16 +++++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> I tried documenting the differences between the PPC options and X86 ones in one
> section, but it got quite messy, so I went with this instead. Happy to take
> advice on how better to structure it if anyone has opinions.

Looks good to me.

Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>