These are the remaining patches built on top of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/devel.git/log/?h=x86/mm
for the series posted at https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200510014803.12190-1-sbl...@amazon.com/ Changelog v7 - Split patch 5 from the previous series into two patches - Reuse the prctl PR_GET/SET_SPECULATION_CTRL with PR_SPEC_L1D_FLUSH_OUT as the ctrl parameter - Add the BUILD_BUG_ON that went missing that checks the placement of TIF_SPEC_L1D_FLUSH - Update the documentation to reflect the changes Balbir Singh (3): x86/mm: Optionally flush L1D on context switch prctl: Hook L1D flushing in via prctl Documentation: Add L1D flushing Documentation Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/index.rst | 1 + .../admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1d_flush.rst | 51 +++++++++++++++++++ Documentation/userspace-api/spec_ctrl.rst | 7 +++ arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h | 9 +++- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 28 ++++++++++ arch/x86/mm/tlb.c | 39 ++++++++++++-- include/uapi/linux/prctl.h | 1 + 7 files changed, 131 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) create mode 100644 Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1d_flush.rst -- 2.17.1
