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From: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
To: speck@linutronix.de
Subject: [MODERATED] Re: [PATCH v6 8/9] TAAv6 8
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 02:21:37 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7514b4b2b470f502b036ab9ff8882e924827180a.camel@decadent.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4b15283c29b75be3177eb7c4b8601be5644f630e.157065=?utf-8?q?8889?= .git.pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com>

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On Wed, 2019-10-09 at 16:29 -0700, speck for Pawan Gupta wrote:
> Add the documenation for TSX Async Abort. Include the description of
> the issue, how to check the mitigation state, control the mitigation,
> guidance for system administrators.
[...]
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
[...]
> @@ -4656,6 +4658,40 @@
>  			neutralize any effect of /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq.
>  			Useful for debugging.
>  
> +	tsx_async_abort= [X86,INTEL] Control mitigation for the TSX Async
> +			Abort (TAA) vulnerability.
[...]
>  	tcpmhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
>  			Set the number of tcp_metrics_hash slots.
>  			Default value is 8192 or 16384 depending on total
[...]

A relatively minor issue: the entries in kernel-parameters.txt should
be sorted alphabetically, and "tsx_async_abort" is being inserted out
of order.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
It's easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.



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  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-10-18  1:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-10-09 23:21 [MODERATED] [PATCH v6 0/9] TAAv6 0 Pawan Gupta
2019-10-09 23:22 ` [MODERATED] [PATCH v6 1/9] TAAv6 1 Pawan Gupta
2019-10-09 23:23 ` [MODERATED] [PATCH v6 2/9] TAAv6 2 Pawan Gupta
2019-10-09 23:24 ` [MODERATED] [PATCH v6 3/9] TAAv6 3 Pawan Gupta
2019-10-09 23:25 ` [MODERATED] [PATCH v6 4/9] TAAv6 4 Pawan Gupta
2019-10-09 23:26 ` [MODERATED] [PATCH v6 5/9] TAAv6 5 Pawan Gupta
2019-10-09 23:27 ` [MODERATED] [PATCH v6 6/9] TAAv6 6 Pawan Gupta
2019-10-09 23:28 ` [MODERATED] [PATCH v6 7/9] TAAv6 7 Pawan Gupta
2019-10-09 23:29 ` [MODERATED] [PATCH v6 8/9] TAAv6 8 Pawan Gupta
2019-10-09 23:30 ` [MODERATED] [PATCH v6 9/9] TAAv6 9 Pawan Gupta
2019-10-09 23:34 ` [MODERATED] Re: [PATCH v6 1/9] TAAv6 1 Pawan Gupta
2019-10-10  1:23   ` Pawan Gupta
2019-10-15 12:54     ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-10-21 20:35       ` [MODERATED] " Pawan Gupta
2019-10-09 23:38 ` Andrew Cooper
2019-10-09 23:40   ` Andrew Cooper
2019-10-09 23:53     ` Luck, Tony
2019-10-10  0:01       ` Andrew Cooper
2019-10-10 16:51         ` Luck, Tony
     [not found] ` <5d9e6daa.1c69fb81.f84ad.88ceSMTPIN_ADDED_BROKEN@mx.google.com>
2019-10-10  6:47   ` [MODERATED] Re: [PATCH v6 3/9] TAAv6 3 Greg KH
2019-10-10 23:44     ` Pawan Gupta
     [not found] ` <5d9e6e22.1c69fb81.6df19.ff55SMTPIN_ADDED_BROKEN@mx.google.com>
2019-10-10  6:50   ` [MODERATED] Re: [PATCH v6 5/9] TAAv6 5 Greg KH
2019-10-10 21:18     ` Pawan Gupta
2019-10-10  6:50   ` Greg KH
     [not found] ` <5d9e6f13.1c69fb81.d7036.be99SMTPIN_ADDED_BROKEN@mx.google.com>
2019-10-10  6:54   ` [MODERATED] Re: [PATCH v6 9/9] TAAv6 9 Greg KH
2019-10-12  1:41     ` Pawan Gupta
2019-10-13 20:05       ` Ben Hutchings
2019-10-13 21:00         ` Ben Hutchings
     [not found] ` <4b15283c29b75be3177eb7c4b8601be5644f630e.157065=?utf-8?q?8889?= .git.pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com>
2019-10-18  1:21   ` Ben Hutchings [this message]
2019-10-21 20:04 ` [MODERATED] Re: [PATCH v6 0/9] TAAv6 0 Josh Poimboeuf
2019-10-21 20:09   ` Pawan Gupta

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