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    Merge tag 'x86-cpu-2021-08-30' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip · 0a096f24
    Linus Torvalds authored
    Pull x86 cache flush updates from Thomas Gleixner:
     "A reworked version of the opt-in L1D flush mechanism.
    
      This is a stop gap for potential future speculation related hardware
      vulnerabilities and a mechanism for truly security paranoid
      applications.
    
      It allows a task to request that the L1D cache is flushed when the
      kernel switches to a different mm. This can be requested via prctl().
    
      Changes vs the previous versions:
    
       - Get rid of the software flush fallback
    
       - Make the handling consistent with other mitigations
    
       - Kill the task when it ends up on a SMT enabled core which defeats
         the purpose of L1D flushing obviously"
    
    * tag 'x86-cpu-2021-08-30' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
      Documentation: Add L1D flushing Documentation
      x86, prctl: Hook L1D flushing in via prctl
      x86/mm: Prepare for opt-in based L1D flush in switch_mm()
      x86/process: Make room for TIF_SPEC_L1D_FLUSH
      sched: Add task_work callback for paranoid L1D flush
      x86/mm: Refactor cond_ibpb() to support other use cases
      x86/smp: Add a per-cpu view of SMT state
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