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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2020-03-31 05:35:52 +0300 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2020-03-31 05:35:52 +0300 |
| commit | 2853d5fafb1e21707e89aa2e227c90bb2c1ea4a9 (patch) | |
| tree | fc8243bcf4a75902ef843ec65fc06a9d65b187e1 /Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst | |
| parent | d5f744f9a2ac9ca6d5baf72e97ce6dc4c2f19fe4 (diff) | |
| parent | a6a60741035bb48ca8d9f92a138958818148064c (diff) | |
| download | linux-2853d5fafb1e21707e89aa2e227c90bb2c1ea4a9.tar.xz | |
Merge tag 'x86-splitlock-2020-03-30' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 splitlock updates from Thomas Gleixner:
"Support for 'split lock' detection:
Atomic operations (lock prefixed instructions) which span two cache
lines have to acquire the global bus lock. This is at least 1k cycles
slower than an atomic operation within a cache line and disrupts
performance on other cores. Aside of performance disruption this is a
unpriviledged form of DoS.
Some newer CPUs have the capability to raise an #AC trap when such an
operation is attempted. The detection is by default enabled in warning
mode which will warn once when a user space application is caught. A
command line option allows to disable the detection or to select fatal
mode which will terminate offending applications with SIGBUS"
* tag 'x86-splitlock-2020-03-30' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
x86/split_lock: Avoid runtime reads of the TEST_CTRL MSR
x86/split_lock: Rework the initialization flow of split lock detection
x86/split_lock: Enable split lock detection by kernel
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