3.16.56-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Thomas Gleixner tglx@linutronix.de
commit de791821c295cc61419a06fe5562288417d1bc58 upstream.
Use the name associated with the particular attack which needs page table isolation for mitigation.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner tglx@linutronix.de Acked-by: David Woodhouse dwmw@amazon.co.uk Cc: Alan Cox gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk Cc: Jiri Koshina jikos@kernel.org Cc: Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org Cc: Tim Chen tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com Cc: Andi Lutomirski luto@amacapital.net Cc: Andi Kleen ak@linux.intel.com Cc: Peter Zijlstra peterz@infradead.org Cc: Paul Turner pjt@google.com Cc: Tom Lendacky thomas.lendacky@amd.com Cc: Greg KH gregkh@linux-foundation.org Cc: Dave Hansen dave.hansen@intel.com Cc: Kees Cook keescook@google.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.20.1801051525300.1724@nanos [bwh: Backported to 3.16: bug number is different] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings ben@decadent.org.uk --- --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h @@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ #define X86_BUG_COMA X86_BUG(2) /* Cyrix 6x86 coma */ #define X86_BUG_AMD_TLB_MMATCH X86_BUG(3) /* AMD Erratum 383 */ #define X86_BUG_AMD_APIC_C1E X86_BUG(4) /* AMD Erratum 400 */ -#define X86_BUG_CPU_INSECURE X86_BUG(5) /* CPU is insecure and needs kernel page table isolation */ +#define X86_BUG_CPU_MELTDOWN X86_BUG(5) /* CPU is affected by meltdown attack and needs kernel page table isolation */
#if defined(__KERNEL__) && !defined(__ASSEMBLY__)
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c @@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ static void __init early_identify_cpu(st setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_ALWAYS);
if (c->x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_AMD) - setup_force_cpu_bug(X86_BUG_CPU_INSECURE); + setup_force_cpu_bug(X86_BUG_CPU_MELTDOWN); }
void __init early_cpu_init(void)