On Wed, 2020-05-13 at 15:33 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
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> Balbir Singh writes:
> > +With an increasing number of vulnerabilities being reported around
> > data
> > +leaks from L1D, a new user space mechanism to flush the L1D cache
> > on
> > +context switch is added to the kernel. This sho
Balbir Singh writes:
> +With an increasing number of vulnerabilities being reported around data
> +leaks from L1D, a new user space mechanism to flush the L1D cache on
> +context switch is added to the kernel. This should help address
is added to the kernel? This is documentation of an existing f
Add documentation of l1d flushing, explain the need for the
feature and how it can be used.
Signed-off-by: Balbir Singh
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook
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Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/index.rst | 1 +
.../admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1d_flush.rst | 40 +++
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