From f9af88a3d384c8b55beb5dc5483e5da0135fadbd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Borislav Petkov (AMD)" Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 05:13:46 +0200 Subject: x86/bugs: Rename MDS machinery to something more generic It will be used by other x86 mitigations. No functional changes. Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) Reviewed-by: Pawan Gupta --- Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.rst | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide') diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.rst index 1302fd1b55e8..6dba18dbb9ab 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.rst @@ -157,9 +157,7 @@ This is achieved by using the otherwise unused and obsolete VERW instruction in combination with a microcode update. The microcode clears the affected CPU buffers when the VERW instruction is executed. -Kernel reuses the MDS function to invoke the buffer clearing: - - mds_clear_cpu_buffers() +Kernel does the buffer clearing with x86_clear_cpu_buffers(). On MDS affected CPUs, the kernel already invokes CPU buffer clear on kernel/userspace, hypervisor/guest and C-state (idle) transitions. No -- cgit v1.2.3