tag name | x86-mm-2020-06-01 (b03e682f916addc9267d2598495d3e9a73fde853) |
tag date | 2020-06-01 18:54:50 +0200 |
tagged by | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> |
tagged object | commit 0fcfdf55db... |
Misc changes:
- Unexport various PAT primitives
- Unexport per-CPU tlbstate
- Provide an opt-in (prctl driven) mechanism to flush the L1D cache on context switch.
The goal is to allow tasks that are paranoid due to the recent snoop assisted data
sampling vulnerabilites, to flush their L1D on being switched out.
This protects their data from being snooped or leaked via side channels
after the task has context switched out.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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