linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 86/86] x86/bugs: Change L1TF mitigation string to match upstream

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Message-ID: <lsq.1558022133.683740028@decadent.org.uk>
Date:   Thu, 16 May 2019 16:55:33 +0100
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Denis Kirjanov <kda@...ux-powerpc.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 86/86] x86/bugs: Change L1TF mitigation string to
 match upstream

3.16.68-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>

Commit 72c6d2db64fa "x86/litf: Introduce vmx status variable" upstream
changed "Page Table Inversion" to "PTE Inversion".  That was part of
the implementation of additional mitigations for VMX which haven't
been applied to this branch.  Just change this string to be consistent
and match documentation.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -1225,7 +1225,7 @@ static ssize_t cpu_show_common(struct de

 	case X86_BUG_L1TF:
 		if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_L1TF_PTEINV))
-			return sprintf(buf, "Mitigation: Page Table Inversion\n");
+			return sprintf(buf, "Mitigation: PTE Inversion\n");
 		break;

 	case X86_BUG_MDS: