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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index c81a008d6512..1bc12619bedd 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -2365,6 +2365,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. SMT on vulnerable CPUs off - Unconditionally disable MDS mitigation + On TAA-affected machines, mds=off can be prevented by + an active TAA mitigation as both vulnerabilities are + mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable + this mitigation, you need to specify tsx_async_abort=off + too. + Not specifying this option is equivalent to mds=full. @@ -4599,6 +4605,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. vulnerable to cross-thread TAA attacks. off - Unconditionally disable TAA mitigation + On MDS-affected machines, tsx_async_abort=off can be + prevented by an active MDS mitigation as both vulnerabilities + are mitigated with the same mechanism so in order to disable + this mitigation, you need to specify mds=off too. + Not specifying this option is equivalent to tsx_async_abort=full. On CPUs which are MDS affected and deploy MDS mitigation, TAA mitigation is not |