Documentation: Move L1TF to separate directory
authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Tue, 19 Feb 2019 10:10:49 +0000 (11:10 +0100)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Tue, 14 May 2019 17:17:58 +0000 (19:17 +0200)
commit 65fd4cb65b2dad97feb8330b6690445910b56d6a upstream

Move L!TF to a separate directory so the MDS stuff can be added at the
side. Otherwise the all hardware vulnerabilites have their own top level
entry. Should have done that right away.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Jon Masters <jcm@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/index.rst [new file with mode: 0644]
Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1tf.rst [moved from Documentation/admin-guide/l1tf.rst with 100% similarity]
Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c

index 02b7bb7..f397c23 100644 (file)
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ Description:        Information about CPU vulnerabilities
                "Mitigation: $M"  CPU is affected and mitigation $M is in effect
 
                Details about the l1tf file can be found in
-               Documentation/admin-guide/l1tf.rst
+               Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1tf.rst
 
 What:          /sys/devices/system/cpu/smt
                /sys/devices/system/cpu/smt/active
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/index.rst
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..8ce2009
--- /dev/null
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+========================
+Hardware vulnerabilities
+========================
+
+This section describes CPU vulnerabilities and provides an overview of the
+possible mitigations along with guidance for selecting mitigations if they
+are configurable at compile, boot or run time.
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+   l1tf
index 0873685..89abc50 100644 (file)
@@ -17,14 +17,12 @@ etc.
    kernel-parameters
    devices
 
-This section describes CPU vulnerabilities and provides an overview of the
-possible mitigations along with guidance for selecting mitigations if they
-are configurable at compile, boot or run time.
+This section describes CPU vulnerabilities and their mitigations.
 
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
-   l1tf
+   hw-vuln/index
 
 Here is a set of documents aimed at users who are trying to track down
 problems and bugs in particular.
index a0ab452..b2c9e47 100644 (file)
 
                        Default is 'flush'.
 
-                       For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/l1tf.rst
+                       For details see: Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1tf.rst
 
        l2cr=           [PPC]
 
index 053d71a..a7e54a9 100644 (file)
@@ -1089,7 +1089,7 @@ static void __init l1tf_select_mitigation(void)
                pr_info("You may make it effective by booting the kernel with mem=%llu parameter.\n",
                                half_pa);
                pr_info("However, doing so will make a part of your RAM unusable.\n");
-               pr_info("Reading https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/l1tf.html might help you decide.\n");
+               pr_info("Reading https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1tf.html might help you decide.\n");
                return;
        }
 
index e9bf477..73d6d58 100644 (file)
@@ -11130,8 +11130,8 @@ free_vcpu:
        return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
-#define L1TF_MSG_SMT "L1TF CPU bug present and SMT on, data leak possible. See CVE-2018-3646 and https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/l1tf.html for details.\n"
-#define L1TF_MSG_L1D "L1TF CPU bug present and virtualization mitigation disabled, data leak possible. See CVE-2018-3646 and https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/l1tf.html for details.\n"
+#define L1TF_MSG_SMT "L1TF CPU bug present and SMT on, data leak possible. See CVE-2018-3646 and https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1tf.html for details.\n"
+#define L1TF_MSG_L1D "L1TF CPU bug present and virtualization mitigation disabled, data leak possible. See CVE-2018-3646 and https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1tf.html for details.\n"
 
 static int vmx_vm_init(struct kvm *kvm)
 {