kernel_optimize_test/Documentation
Linus Torvalds 4b78317679 Merge branch 'x86-pti-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull STIBP fallout fixes from Thomas Gleixner:
 "The performance destruction department finally got it's act together
  and came up with a cure for the STIPB regression:

   - Provide a command line option to control the spectre v2 user space
     mitigations. Default is either seccomp or prctl (if seccomp is
     disabled in Kconfig). prctl allows mitigation opt-in, seccomp
     enables the migitation for sandboxed processes.

   - Rework the code to handle the conditional STIBP/IBPB control and
     remove the now unused ptrace_may_access_sched() optimization
     attempt

   - Disable STIBP automatically when SMT is disabled

   - Optimize the switch_to() logic to avoid MSR writes and invocations
     of __switch_to_xtra().

   - Make the asynchronous speculation TIF updates synchronous to
     prevent stale mitigation state.

  As a general cleanup this also makes retpoline directly depend on
  compiler support and removes the 'minimal retpoline' option which just
  pretended to provide some form of security while providing none"

* 'x86-pti-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (31 commits)
  x86/speculation: Provide IBPB always command line options
  x86/speculation: Add seccomp Spectre v2 user space protection mode
  x86/speculation: Enable prctl mode for spectre_v2_user
  x86/speculation: Add prctl() control for indirect branch speculation
  x86/speculation: Prepare arch_smt_update() for PRCTL mode
  x86/speculation: Prevent stale SPEC_CTRL msr content
  x86/speculation: Split out TIF update
  ptrace: Remove unused ptrace_may_access_sched() and MODE_IBRS
  x86/speculation: Prepare for conditional IBPB in switch_mm()
  x86/speculation: Avoid __switch_to_xtra() calls
  x86/process: Consolidate and simplify switch_to_xtra() code
  x86/speculation: Prepare for per task indirect branch speculation control
  x86/speculation: Add command line control for indirect branch speculation
  x86/speculation: Unify conditional spectre v2 print functions
  x86/speculataion: Mark command line parser data __initdata
  x86/speculation: Mark string arrays const correctly
  x86/speculation: Reorder the spec_v2 code
  x86/l1tf: Show actual SMT state
  x86/speculation: Rework SMT state change
  sched/smt: Expose sched_smt_present static key
  ...
2018-12-01 12:35:48 -08:00
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ABI LED fixes for 4.20-rc2 2018-11-08 17:49:04 -06:00
accelerators
accounting
acpi
admin-guide Merge branch 'x86-pti-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2018-12-01 12:35:48 -08:00
aoe
arm
arm64 arm64: Add workaround for Cortex-A76 erratum 1286807 2018-11-29 16:45:45 +00:00
auxdisplay
backlight
block
blockdev
bpf
bus-devices
cdrom
cgroup-v1
cma
connector
console
core-api
cpu-freq
cpuidle
crypto
dev-tools
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devicetree USB/PHY driver fixes for 4.20-rc5 2018-11-30 12:20:48 -08:00
doc-guide
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fault-injection
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features
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i2c i2c: add i2c bus driver for NVIDIA GPU 2018-11-09 17:46:43 +01:00
ia64
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input Revert "Input: Add the REL_WHEEL_HI_RES event code" 2018-11-22 08:57:44 +01:00
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networking rxrpc: Fix life check 2018-11-15 11:35:40 -08:00
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userspace-api x86/speculation: Add prctl() control for indirect branch speculation 2018-11-28 11:57:13 +01:00
virtual
vm
w1
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x86 x86/boot: Mostly revert commit ae7e1238e6 ("Add ACPI RSDP address to setup_header") 2018-11-20 09:43:10 +01:00
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