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@@ -1946,12 +1946,6 @@
[KVM,ARM] Allow use of GICv4 for direct injection of
LPIs.
- kvm-intel.nosmt=[KVM,Intel] If the L1TF CPU bug is present (CVE-2018-3620)
- and the system has SMT (aka Hyper-Threading) enabled then
- don't allow guests to be created.
-
- Default is 0 (allow guests to be created).
-
kvm-intel.ept= [KVM,Intel] Disable extended page tables
(virtualized MMU) support on capable Intel chips.
Default is 1 (enabled)
@@ -1989,6 +1983,68 @@
feature (tagged TLBs) on capable Intel chips.
Default is 1 (enabled)
+ l1tf= [X86] Control mitigation of the L1TF vulnerability on
+ affected CPUs
+
+ The kernel PTE inversion protection is unconditionally
+ enabled and cannot be disabled.
+
+ full
+ Provides all available mitigations for the
+ L1TF vulnerability. Disables SMT and
+ enables all mitigations in the
+ hypervisors, i.e. unconditional L1D flush.
+
+ SMT control and L1D flush control via the
+ sysfs interface is still possible after
+ boot. Hypervisors will issue a warning
+ when the first VM is started in a
+ potentially insecure configuration,
+ i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
+
+ full,force
+ Same as 'full', but disables SMT and L1D
+ flush runtime control. Implies the
+ 'nosmt=force' command line option.
+ (i.e. sysfs control of SMT is disabled.)
+
+ flush
+ Leaves SMT enabled and enables the default
+ hypervisor mitigation, i.e. conditional
+ L1D flush.
+
+ SMT control and L1D flush control via the
+ sysfs interface is still possible after
+ boot. Hypervisors will issue a warning
+ when the first VM is started in a
+ potentially insecure configuration,
+ i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
+
+ flush,nosmt
+
+ Disables SMT and enables the default
+ hypervisor mitigation.
+
+ SMT control and L1D flush control via the
+ sysfs interface is still possible after
+ boot. Hypervisors will issue a warning
+ when the first VM is started in a
+ potentially insecure configuration,
+ i.e. SMT enabled or L1D flush disabled.
+
+ flush,nowarn
+ Same as 'flush', but hypervisors will not
+ warn when a VM is started in a potentially
+ insecure configuration.
+
+ off
+ Disables hypervisor mitigations and doesn't
+ emit any warnings.
+
+ Default is 'flush'.
+
+ For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/l1tf.rst
+
l2cr= [PPC]
l3cr= [PPC]