linux/Documentation
Linus Torvalds 4368c4bc9d Merge branch 'x86/grand-schemozzle' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull pti updates from Thomas Gleixner:
 "The performance deterioration departement is not proud at all to
  present yet another set of speculation fences to mitigate the next
  chapter in the 'what could possibly go wrong' story.

  The new vulnerability belongs to the Spectre class and affects GS
  based data accesses and has therefore been dubbed 'Grand Schemozzle'
  for secret communication purposes. It's officially listed as
  CVE-2019-1125.

  Conditional branches in the entry paths which contain a SWAPGS
  instruction (interrupts and exceptions) can be mis-speculated which
  results in speculative accesses with a wrong GS base.

  This can happen on entry from user mode through a mis-speculated
  branch which takes the entry from kernel mode path and therefore does
  not execute the SWAPGS instruction. The following speculative accesses
  are done with user GS base.

  On entry from kernel mode the mis-speculated branch executes the
  SWAPGS instruction in the entry from user mode path which has the same
  effect that the following GS based accesses are done with user GS
  base.

  If there is a disclosure gadget available in these code paths the
  mis-speculated data access can be leaked through the usual side
  channels.

  The entry from user mode issue affects all CPUs which have speculative
  execution. The entry from kernel mode issue affects only Intel CPUs
  which can speculate through SWAPGS. On CPUs from other vendors SWAPGS
  has semantics which prevent that.

  SMAP migitates both problems but only when the CPU is not affected by
  the Meltdown vulnerability.

  The mitigation is to issue LFENCE instructions in the entry from
  kernel mode path for all affected CPUs and on the affected Intel CPUs
  also in the entry from user mode path unless PTI is enabled because
  the CR3 write is serializing.

  The fences are as usual enabled conditionally and can be completely
  disabled on the kernel command line. The Spectre V1 documentation is
  updated accordingly.

  A big "Thank You!" goes to Josh for doing the heavy lifting for this
  round of hardware misfeature 'repair'. Of course also "Thank You!" to
  everybody else who contributed in one way or the other"

* 'x86/grand-schemozzle' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  Documentation: Add swapgs description to the Spectre v1 documentation
  x86/speculation/swapgs: Exclude ATOMs from speculation through SWAPGS
  x86/entry/64: Use JMP instead of JMPQ
  x86/speculation: Enable Spectre v1 swapgs mitigations
  x86/speculation: Prepare entry code for Spectre v1 swapgs mitigations
2019-08-06 11:22:22 -07:00
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ABI platform/x86: asus: Rename "fan mode" to "fan boost mode" 2019-07-17 19:07:58 +03:00
accounting docs: add some documentation dirs to the driver-api book 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
acpi/dsd
admin-guide Documentation: Add swapgs description to the Spectre v1 documentation 2019-08-03 21:21:54 +02:00
arm docs: arm: fix a breakage with pdf output 2019-07-15 11:03:04 -03:00
arm64 docs: add arch doc directories to the index 2019-07-15 11:03:01 -03:00
auxdisplay docs: admin-guide: add a series of orphaned documents 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
block docs conversion for v5.3-rc1 2019-07-16 12:21:41 -07:00
bpf Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2019-07-11 10:55:49 -07:00
cdrom docs: add some directories to the main documentation index 2019-07-15 11:03:03 -03:00
core-api docs: remove extra conf.py files 2019-07-17 06:57:52 -03:00
cpu-freq
crypto docs: remove extra conf.py files 2019-07-17 06:57:52 -03:00
dev-tools Merge branch 'pdf_fixes_v1' of https://git.linuxtv.org/mchehab/experimental into mauro 2019-07-22 13:51:20 -06:00
devicetree spi: Fixes for v5.3 2019-08-05 11:49:02 -07:00
doc-guide docs: remove extra conf.py files 2019-07-17 06:57:52 -03:00
driver-api docs: phy: Drop duplicate 'be made' 2019-07-26 08:15:26 -06:00
EDID docs: driver-api: add a series of orphaned documents 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
fault-injection docs: add some directories to the main documentation index 2019-07-15 11:03:03 -03:00
fb docs conversion for v5.3-rc1 2019-07-16 12:21:41 -07:00
features
filesystems Merge branch 'pdf_fixes_v1' of https://git.linuxtv.org/mchehab/experimental into mauro 2019-07-22 13:51:20 -06:00
firmware_class
firmware-guide docs: gpio: add sysfs interface to the admin-guide 2019-07-15 11:03:03 -03:00
fpga docs: add some directories to the main documentation index 2019-07-15 11:03:03 -03:00
gpu docs: remove extra conf.py files 2019-07-17 06:57:52 -03:00
hid docs: add some documentation dirs to the driver-api book 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
hwmon hwmon: (k8temp) documentation: update URL of datasheet 2019-07-21 19:18:45 -07:00
i2c Merge branch 'i2c/for-5.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wsa/linux 2019-07-15 21:10:39 -07:00
ia64 docs: add SPDX tags to new index files 2019-07-15 11:03:03 -03:00
ide docs: add some directories to the main documentation index 2019-07-15 11:03:03 -03:00
iio docs: add some documentation dirs to the driver-api book 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
infiniband docs: infiniband: add it to the driver-api bookset 2019-07-08 14:22:56 -03:00
input docs: remove extra conf.py files 2019-07-17 06:57:52 -03:00
ioctl docs: ioctl: add it to the uAPI guide 2019-07-15 09:20:28 -03:00
isdn
kbuild Kbuild updates for v5.3 (2nd) 2019-07-20 09:34:55 -07:00
kernel-hacking docs: remove extra conf.py files 2019-07-17 06:57:52 -03:00
leds docs: leds: add it to the driver-api book 2019-07-15 09:20:28 -03:00
livepatch docs: add some directories to the main documentation index 2019-07-15 11:03:03 -03:00
locking docs: fix broken doc references due to renames 2019-07-17 06:57:51 -03:00
m68k docs: add arch doc directories to the index 2019-07-15 11:03:01 -03:00
maintainer docs: remove extra conf.py files 2019-07-17 06:57:52 -03:00
media docs: remove extra conf.py files 2019-07-17 06:57:52 -03:00
mic docs: driver-api: add remaining converted dirs to it 2019-07-15 11:03:03 -03:00
mips
misc-devices
netlabel docs: add some directories to the main documentation index 2019-07-15 11:03:03 -03:00
networking Merge branch 'pdf_fixes_v1' of https://git.linuxtv.org/mchehab/experimental into mauro 2019-07-22 13:51:20 -06:00
nios2
openrisc
parisc
PCI docs: powerpc: convert docs to ReST and rename to *.rst 2019-07-17 06:57:51 -03:00
pcmcia docs: add some directories to the main documentation index 2019-07-15 11:03:03 -03:00
power Merge branch 'pdf_fixes_v1' of https://git.linuxtv.org/mchehab/experimental into mauro 2019-07-22 13:51:20 -06:00
powerpc docs: powerpc: convert docs to ReST and rename to *.rst 2019-07-17 06:57:51 -03:00
process Wimplicit-fallthrough patches for 5.3-rc2 2019-07-27 11:04:18 -07:00
RCU docs: fix broken doc references due to renames 2019-07-17 06:57:51 -03:00
riscv RISC-V updates for v5.3 2019-07-18 12:26:59 -07:00
s390 Fixes in vfio-ccw for older and newer issues. 2019-07-23 10:44:28 +02:00
scheduler docs conversion for v5.3-rc1 2019-07-16 12:21:41 -07:00
scsi scsi: ufs: Documentation: Announce ufs-tool v1.0 2019-06-26 22:47:51 -04:00
security docs: security: move some books to it and update 2019-07-15 11:03:01 -03:00
sh docs: remove extra conf.py files 2019-07-17 06:57:52 -03:00
sound docs: remove extra conf.py files 2019-07-17 06:57:52 -03:00
sparc docs: add arch doc directories to the index 2019-07-15 11:03:01 -03:00
sphinx docs: load_config.py: ensure subdirs end with "/" 2019-07-19 08:49:27 -03:00
sphinx-static
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target docs: add some directories to the main documentation index 2019-07-15 11:03:03 -03:00
thermal docs: thermal: convert to ReST 2019-06-27 21:22:15 +08:00
timers docs: add some directories to the main documentation index 2019-07-15 11:03:03 -03:00
trace The main changes in this release include: 2019-07-18 11:51:00 -07:00
translations doc:it_IT: translations in process/ 2019-07-22 14:47:02 -06:00
usb
userspace-api docs: remove extra conf.py files 2019-07-17 06:57:52 -03:00
virt This is mostly a set of follow-on fixes from Mauro fixing various fallout 2019-07-26 11:29:24 -07:00
vm HMM patches for 5.3-rc 2019-07-30 12:54:44 -07:00
w1 docs: driver-api: add a series of orphaned documents 2019-07-15 11:03:02 -03:00
watchdog Merge branch 'pdf_fixes_v1' of https://git.linuxtv.org/mchehab/experimental into mauro 2019-07-22 13:51:20 -06:00
wimax
x86 docs: remove extra conf.py files 2019-07-17 06:57:52 -03:00
xtensa docs: add arch doc directories to the index 2019-07-15 11:03:01 -03:00
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atomic_bitops.txt
atomic_t.txt Merge branch 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-07-08 16:12:03 -07:00
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rbtree.txt docs: rbtree.txt: fix Sphinx build warnings 2019-07-15 09:20:24 -03:00
remoteproc.txt remoteproc: add vendor resources handling 2019-06-29 12:02:17 -07:00
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