3.2.101-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
------------------ From: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> commit de791821c295cc61419a06fe5562288417d1bc58 upstream. Use the name associated with the particular attack which needs page table isolation for mitigation. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> Acked-by: David Woodhouse <[email protected]> Cc: Alan Cox <[email protected]> Cc: Jiri Koshina <[email protected]> Cc: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]> Cc: Tim Chen <[email protected]> Cc: Andi Lutomirski <[email protected]> Cc: Andi Kleen <[email protected]> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]> Cc: Paul Turner <[email protected]> Cc: Tom Lendacky <[email protected]> Cc: Greg KH <[email protected]> Cc: Dave Hansen <[email protected]> Cc: Kees Cook <[email protected]> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.20.1801051525300.1724@nanos [bwh: Backported to 3.2: bug number is different] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <[email protected]> --- --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ */ #define X86_BUG(x) (NCAPINTS*32 + (x)) -#define X86_BUG_CPU_INSECURE X86_BUG(0) /* CPU is insecure and needs kernel page table isolation */ +#define X86_BUG_CPU_MELTDOWN X86_BUG(0) /* 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 @@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ static void __init early_identify_cpu(st this_cpu->c_bsp_init(c); 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)
