linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 51/63] Documentation: x86: convert pti.txt to reST

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Message-Id: <20190423162932.21428-52-changbin.du@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 24 Apr 2019 00:29:20 +0800
From:   Changbin Du <changbin.du@...il.com>
To:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:     Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>, rjw@...ysocki.net,
        linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
        x86@...nel.org, fenghua.yu@...el.com,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, mchehab+samsung@...nel.org,
        Changbin Du <changbin.du@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 51/63] Documentation: x86: convert pti.txt to reST

This converts the plain text documentation to reStructuredText format and
add it to Sphinx TOC tree. No essential content change.

Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@...il.com>
---
 Documentation/x86/index.rst            |  1 +
 Documentation/x86/{pti.txt => pti.rst} | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 rename Documentation/x86/{pti.txt => pti.rst} (95%)

diff --git a/Documentation/x86/index.rst b/Documentation/x86/index.rst
index a0426ab156bd..1c675cef14d7 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/x86/index.rst
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ Linux x86 Support
    protection-keys
    intel_mpx
    amd-memory-encryption
+   pti
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/pti.txt b/Documentation/x86/pti.rst
similarity index 95%
rename from Documentation/x86/pti.txt
rename to Documentation/x86/pti.rst
index 5cd58439ad2d..44b98f99ca8a 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/pti.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/pti.rst
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+==========================
+Page Table Isolation (PTI)
+==========================
+
 Overview
 ========
 
-Page Table Isolation (pti, previously known as KAISER[1]) is a
+Page Table Isolation (pti, previously known as KAISER [1]_) is a
 countermeasure against attacks on the shared user/kernel address
-space such as the "Meltdown" approach[2].
+space such as the "Meltdown" approach [2]_.
 
 To mitigate this class of attacks, we create an independent set of
 page tables for use only when running userspace applications.  When
@@ -60,6 +66,7 @@ Protection against side-channel attacks is important.  But,
 this protection comes at a cost:
 
 1. Increased Memory Use
+
   a. Each process now needs an order-1 PGD instead of order-0.
      (Consumes an additional 4k per process).
   b. The 'cpu_entry_area' structure must be 2MB in size and 2MB
@@ -68,6 +75,7 @@ this protection comes at a cost:
      is decompressed, but no space in the kernel image itself.
 
 2. Runtime Cost
+
   a. CR3 manipulation to switch between the page table copies
      must be done at interrupt, syscall, and exception entry
      and exit (it can be skipped when the kernel is interrupted,
@@ -142,8 +150,9 @@ ideally doing all of these in parallel:
    interrupted, including nested NMIs.  Using "-c" boosts the rate of
    NMIs, and using two -c with separate counters encourages nested NMIs
    and less deterministic behavior.
+   ::
 
-	while true; do perf record -c 10000 -e instructions,cycles -a sleep 10; done
+      while true; do perf record -c 10000 -e instructions,cycles -a sleep 10; done
 
 4. Launch a KVM virtual machine.
 5. Run 32-bit binaries on systems supporting the SYSCALL instruction.
@@ -182,5 +191,5 @@ that are worth noting here.
    tended to be TLB invalidation issues.  Usually invalidating
    the wrong PCID, or otherwise missing an invalidation.
 
-1. https://gruss.cc/files/kaiser.pdf
-2. https://meltdownattack.com/meltdown.pdf
+.. [1] https://gruss.cc/files/kaiser.pdf
+.. [2] https://meltdownattack.com/meltdown.pdf
-- 
2.20.1