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Emulate split-lock accesses as writes if split lock detection is on to avoid #AC during emulation, which will result in a panic(). This should never occur for a well-behaved guest, but a malicious guest can manipulate the TLB to trigger emulation of a locked instruction[1]. More discussion can be found at [2][3]. [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/8c5b11c9-58df-38e7-a514-dc12d687b198@redhat.com [2] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200131200134.GD18946@linux.intel.com [3] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200227001117.GX9940@linux.intel.com Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Acked-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200410115517.084300242@linutronix.de
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.