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Message-ID: <172771790961.1365.12944524838461131424.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 17:38:29 -0000
From: "tip-bot2 for Breno Leitao" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To: linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>,
 Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: x86/misc] x86/bugs: Correct RSB terminology in Kconfig

The following commit has been merged into the x86/misc branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     86e39b94cd71a4987f9b98dd2a7d6c826e1c5c98
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/86e39b94cd71a4987f9b98dd2a7d6c826e1c5c98
Author:        Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
AuthorDate:    Fri, 13 Sep 2024 05:27:53 -07:00
Committer:     Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
CommitterDate: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 10:30:54 -07:00

x86/bugs: Correct RSB terminology in Kconfig

RSB stands for "Return Stack Buffer" in industry literature[1]. Update
the kernel Kconfig to use this standard term instead of the current
"Return-Speculation-Buffer".

This change aligns kernel documentation with widely accepted terminology.

The line length reduction triggers text reformatting, but no functional
text is altered.

[1] https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/software-security-guidance/advisory-guidance/return-stack-buffer-underflow.html

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240913122754.249306-1-leitao%40debian.org
---
 arch/x86/Kconfig | 17 ++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 2852fcd..2cea5f2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -2551,15 +2551,14 @@ config MITIGATION_CALL_DEPTH_TRACKING
 	default y
 	help
 	  Compile the kernel with call depth tracking to mitigate the Intel
-	  SKL Return-Speculation-Buffer (RSB) underflow issue. The
-	  mitigation is off by default and needs to be enabled on the
-	  kernel command line via the retbleed=stuff option. For
-	  non-affected systems the overhead of this option is marginal as
-	  the call depth tracking is using run-time generated call thunks
-	  in a compiler generated padding area and call patching. This
-	  increases text size by ~5%. For non affected systems this space
-	  is unused. On affected SKL systems this results in a significant
-	  performance gain over the IBRS mitigation.
+	  SKL Return-Stack-Buffer (RSB) underflow issue. The mitigation is off
+	  by default and needs to be enabled on the kernel command line via the
+	  retbleed=stuff option. For non-affected systems the overhead of this
+	  option is marginal as the call depth tracking is using run-time
+	  generated call thunks in a compiler generated padding area and call
+	  patching. This increases text size by ~5%. For non affected systems
+	  this space is unused. On affected SKL systems this results in a
+	  significant performance gain over the IBRS mitigation.
 
 config CALL_THUNKS_DEBUG
 	bool "Enable call thunks and call depth tracking debugging"