Patch #2
PATCH 2/6 Patch #2
336996-Speculative-Execution-Side-Channel-Mitigations.pdf defines a new MSR (IA32_FLUSH_CMD) which is detected by CPUID.7.EDX[28]=1 bit being set.
This new MSR "gives software a way to invalidate structures with finer granularity than other architectual methods like WBINVD."
A copy of this document is available at
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199511
Signed-off-by Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <[email protected]>
--- arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h +1 -0
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@#define X86_FEATURE_PCONFIG (18*32+18)/* Intel PCONFIG */ #define X86_FEATURE_SPEC_CTRL (18*32+26)/* "" Speculation Control (IBRS + IBPB) */ #define X86_FEATURE_INTEL_STIBP (18*32+27)/* "" Single Thread Indirect Branch Predictors */ +#define X86_FEATURE_FLUSH_L1D (18*32+28)/* Flush L1D cache */ #define X86_FEATURE_ARCH_CAPABILITIES (18*32+29)/* IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES MSR (Intel) */ #define X86_FEATURE_SPEC_CTRL_SSBD (18*32+31)/* "" Speculative Store Bypass Disable */
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