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Patch "x86/pti: Rename BUG_CPU_INSECURE to BUG_CPU_MELTDOWN" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree

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This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

x86/pti: Rename BUG_CPU_INSECURE to BUG_CPU_MELTDOWN

to the 4.9-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
x86-pti-rename-bug_cpu_insecure-to-bug_cpu_meltdown.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <[email protected]> know about it.

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From de791821c295cc61419a06fe5562288417d1bc58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2018 15:27:34 +0100
Subject: x86/pti: Rename BUG_CPU_INSECURE to BUG_CPU_MELTDOWN

From: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>

commit de791821c295cc61419a06fe5562288417d1bc58 upstream.

Use the name associated with the particular attack which needs page table isolation for mitigation.

Signed-off-by Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Acked-by David Woodhouse <[email protected]>
Cc Alan Cox <[email protected]>
Cc Jiri Koshina <[email protected]>
Cc Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Cc Tim Chen <[email protected]>
Cc Andi Lutomirski <[email protected]>
Cc Andi Kleen <[email protected]>
Cc Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Cc Paul Turner <[email protected]>
Cc Tom Lendacky <[email protected]>
Cc Greg KH <[email protected]>
Cc Dave Hansen <[email protected]>
Cc Kees Cook <[email protected]>
Cc [email protected]
Link https://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.20.1801051525300.1724@nanos open here
Signed-off-by Razvan Ghitulete <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h |    2 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c       |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h +1 -1
@@ -316,6 +316,6 @@
 #define X86_BUG_SWAPGS_FENCE	X86_BUG(11) /* SWAPGS without input dep on GS */
 #define X86_BUG_MONITOR		X86_BUG(12) /* IPI required to wake up remote CPU */
 #define X86_BUG_AMD_E400	X86_BUG(13) /* CPU is among the affected by Erratum 400 */
-#define X86_BUG_CPU_INSECURE	X86_BUG(14) /* CPU is insecure and needs kernel page table isolation */
+#define X86_BUG_CPU_MELTDOWN	X86_BUG(14) /* CPU is affected by meltdown attack and needs kernel page table isolation */
 
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_CPUFEATURES_H */
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c +1 -1
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ static void __init early_identify_cpu(st
 	setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_ALWAYS);
 
 	/* Assume for now that ALL x86 CPUs are insecure */
-	setup_force_cpu_bug(X86_BUG_CPU_INSECURE);
+	setup_force_cpu_bug(X86_BUG_CPU_MELTDOWN);
 
 	fpu__init_system(c);
 }

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