linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6] Documentation: Add section about CPU vulnerabilities for Spectre

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Date:   Fri, 21 Jun 2019 16:29:11 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Jun Nakajima <jun.nakajima@...el.com>,
        Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>,
        Asit Mallick <asit.k.mallick@...el.com>,
        Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jon Masters <jcm@...hat.com>,
        Waiman Long <longman9394@...il.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Mark Gross <mgross@...ux.intel.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6] Documentation: Add section about CPU vulnerabilities
 for Spectre

On 6/20/19 4:10 PM, Tim Chen wrote:
> Add documentation for Spectre vulnerability and the mitigation mechanisms:
> 
> - Explain the problem and risks
> - Document the mitigation mechanisms
> - Document the command line controls
> - Document the sysfs files
> 
> Co-developed-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
> Co-developed-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> ---
>  Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/index.rst   |   1 +
>  Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst | 697 ++++++++++++++++++
>  Documentation/userspace-api/spec_ctrl.rst     |   2 +
>  3 files changed, 700 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst
> 

Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>

Thanks.

-- 
~Randy