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Documentation/hw-vuln: Document the interaction between IBRS and STIBP
authorKP Singh <kpsingh@kernel.org>
Mon, 27 Feb 2023 06:05:41 +0000 (07:05 +0100)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Fri, 10 Mar 2023 08:34:14 +0000 (09:34 +0100)
commit440cd6fbca6c22d7080496a3b99c521feb4f6ba3
tree3c92dd7b3948cb6cfa40df1c4325d259808c08f8
parent173997f545a354161588b2115d6a11a9182a1680
Documentation/hw-vuln: Document the interaction between IBRS and STIBP

commit 5ea3576ce4bff7c4ffe8d47efd0e3e44513ca690 upstream.

Explain why STIBP is needed with legacy IBRS as currently implemented
(KERNEL_IBRS) and why STIBP is not needed when enhanced IBRS is enabled.

Fixes: c3c18d0c9add ("x86/speculation: Add spectre_v2=ibrs option to support Kernel IBRS")
Signed-off-by: KP Singh <kpsingh@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230227060541.1939092-2-kpsingh@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst