X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=arch%2Fx86%2FKconfig;h=99c3ddd007ce8dac53b0e9b565a4352858dd30b9;hb=fd2615908dfd0586ea40692a99c44e34b7e869bc;hp=4d27bdc85bf226c39fd4b2f07c60b86f74c47f4d;hpb=b41d62201b9772c7c750360ab668d2caa502e642;p=platform%2Fkernel%2Flinux-rpi.git diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index 4d27bdc..99c3ddd 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ config X86_64 depends on 64BIT # Options that are inherently 64-bit kernel only: select ARCH_HAS_GIGANTIC_PAGE - select ARCH_SUPPORTS_INT128 + select ARCH_SUPPORTS_INT128 if CC_HAS_INT128 select ARCH_USE_CMPXCHG_LOCKREF select HAVE_ARCH_SOFT_DIRTY select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA @@ -1910,6 +1910,51 @@ config X86_INTEL_MEMORY_PROTECTION_KEYS If unsure, say y. +choice + prompt "TSX enable mode" + depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL + default X86_INTEL_TSX_MODE_OFF + help + Intel's TSX (Transactional Synchronization Extensions) feature + allows to optimize locking protocols through lock elision which + can lead to a noticeable performance boost. + + On the other hand it has been shown that TSX can be exploited + to form side channel attacks (e.g. TAA) and chances are there + will be more of those attacks discovered in the future. + + Therefore TSX is not enabled by default (aka tsx=off). An admin + might override this decision by tsx=on the command line parameter. + Even with TSX enabled, the kernel will attempt to enable the best + possible TAA mitigation setting depending on the microcode available + for the particular machine. + + This option allows to set the default tsx mode between tsx=on, =off + and =auto. See Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt for more + details. + + Say off if not sure, auto if TSX is in use but it should be used on safe + platforms or on if TSX is in use and the security aspect of tsx is not + relevant. + +config X86_INTEL_TSX_MODE_OFF + bool "off" + help + TSX is disabled if possible - equals to tsx=off command line parameter. + +config X86_INTEL_TSX_MODE_ON + bool "on" + help + TSX is always enabled on TSX capable HW - equals the tsx=on command + line parameter. + +config X86_INTEL_TSX_MODE_AUTO + bool "auto" + help + TSX is enabled on TSX capable HW that is believed to be safe against + side channel attacks- equals the tsx=auto command line parameter. +endchoice + config EFI bool "EFI runtime service support" depends on ACPI