From a80d58b9b74ee560796b7d05522b85f8aac0f83d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Tue, 7 May 2024 04:25:28 +0200 Subject: Merging upstream version 6.1.90. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst | 22 +++++++++------------- Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 15 ++++++++------- Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst | 5 +++++ 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide') diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst index 9edb2860a..e0a1be97f 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst @@ -439,12 +439,12 @@ The possible values in this file are: - System is protected by retpoline * - BHI: BHI_DIS_S - System is protected by BHI_DIS_S - * - BHI: SW loop; KVM SW loop + * - BHI: SW loop, KVM SW loop - System is protected by software clearing sequence - * - BHI: Syscall hardening - - Syscalls are hardened against BHI - * - BHI: Syscall hardening; KVM: SW loop - - System is protected from userspace attacks by syscall hardening; KVM is protected by software clearing sequence + * - BHI: Vulnerable + - System is vulnerable to BHI + * - BHI: Vulnerable, KVM: SW loop + - System is vulnerable; KVM is protected by software clearing sequence Full mitigation might require a microcode update from the CPU vendor. When the necessary microcode is not available, the kernel will @@ -661,18 +661,14 @@ kernel command line. spectre_bhi= [X86] Control mitigation of Branch History Injection - (BHI) vulnerability. Syscalls are hardened against BHI - regardless of this setting. This setting affects the deployment + (BHI) vulnerability. This setting affects the deployment of the HW BHI control and the SW BHB clearing sequence. on - unconditionally enable. + (default) Enable the HW or SW mitigation as + needed. off - unconditionally disable. - auto - enable if hardware mitigation - control(BHI_DIS_S) is available, otherwise - enable alternate mitigation in KVM. + Disable the mitigation. For spectre_v2_user see Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index b2c7b2f01..e6f0570cf 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -3283,6 +3283,7 @@ reg_file_data_sampling=off [X86] retbleed=off [X86] spec_store_bypass_disable=off [X86,PPC] + spectre_bhi=off [X86] spectre_v2_user=off [X86] srbds=off [X86,INTEL] ssbd=force-off [ARM64] @@ -5734,16 +5735,13 @@ See Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/sonypi.rst spectre_bhi= [X86] Control mitigation of Branch History Injection - (BHI) vulnerability. Syscalls are hardened against BHI - reglardless of this setting. This setting affects the + (BHI) vulnerability. This setting affects the deployment of the HW BHI control and the SW BHB clearing sequence. - on - unconditionally enable. - off - unconditionally disable. - auto - (default) enable hardware mitigation - (BHI_DIS_S) if available, otherwise enable - alternate mitigation in KVM. + on - (default) Enable the HW or SW mitigation + as needed. + off - Disable the mitigation. spectre_v2= [X86] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2 (indirect branch speculation) vulnerability. @@ -6605,6 +6603,9 @@ pause after every control message); o = USB_QUIRK_HUB_SLOW_RESET (Hub needs extra delay after resetting its port); + p = USB_QUIRK_SHORT_SET_ADDRESS_REQ_TIMEOUT + (Reduce timeout of the SET_ADDRESS + request from 5000 ms to 500 ms); Example: quirks=0781:5580:bk,0a5c:5834:gij usbhid.mousepoll= diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst index 6394f5dc2..e3894c928 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst @@ -205,6 +205,11 @@ Will increase power usage. Default: 0 (off) +mem_pcpu_rsv +------------ + +Per-cpu reserved forward alloc cache size in page units. Default 1MB per CPU. + rmem_default ------------ -- cgit v1.2.3