[PATCH -next] Documentation/hw-vuln: Update spectre doc

Lin Yujun posted 1 patch 3 years, 7 months ago
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[PATCH -next] Documentation/hw-vuln: Update spectre doc
Posted by Lin Yujun 3 years, 7 months ago
The following patch adds the specre_v2=ibrs option in
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
but omits it to
Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst

commit 7c693f54c873691 ("x86/speculation: Add spectre_v2=ibrs option to support Kernel IBRS")

Supplement the specre_v2=ibrs option to
Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst

Signed-off-by: Lin Yujun <linyujun809@huawei.com>
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 Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst
index 2ce2a38cdd55..c4dcdb3d0d45 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst
@@ -613,6 +613,7 @@ kernel command line.
                 eibrs                   enhanced IBRS
                 eibrs,retpoline         enhanced IBRS + Retpolines
                 eibrs,lfence            enhanced IBRS + LFENCE
+                ibrs                    use IBRS to protect kernel
 
 		Not specifying this option is equivalent to
 		spectre_v2=auto.
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2.17.1
Re: [PATCH -next] Documentation/hw-vuln: Update spectre doc
Posted by Bagas Sanjaya 3 years, 7 months ago
On 8/26/22 13:51, Lin Yujun wrote:
> The following patch adds the specre_v2=ibrs option in
> Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> but omits it to
> Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst
> 
> commit 7c693f54c873691 ("x86/speculation: Add spectre_v2=ibrs option to support Kernel IBRS")
> 
> Supplement the specre_v2=ibrs option to
> Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst
> 

Please massage the patch description so that it uses imperative mood.

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