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| author | Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> | 2019-11-25 14:27:33 +0100 |
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| committer | Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> | 2019-11-25 14:27:41 +0100 |
| commit | 09578eacaaa44149738267083ccc050990409f86 (patch) | |
| tree | cf614ee065fe5479e4638abebe12c9e1578b09d9 /arch/x86/Kconfig | |
| parent | ALSA: aloop: Fix dependency on timer API (diff) | |
| parent | Merge branch 'asoc-5.5' into asoc-next (diff) | |
| download | linux-09578eacaaa44149738267083ccc050990409f86.tar.xz linux-09578eacaaa44149738267083ccc050990409f86.zip | |
Merge tag 'asoc-v5.5-2' of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/broonie/sound into for-linus
ASoC: More updates for v5.5
Some more development work for v5.5. Highlights include:
- More cleanups from Morimoto-san.
- Trigger word detection for RT5677.
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/Kconfig')
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1 files changed, 45 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index d6e1faa28c58..8ef85139553f 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -1940,6 +1940,51 @@ config X86_INTEL_MEMORY_PROTECTION_KEYS If unsure, say y. +choice + prompt "TSX enable mode" + depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL + default X86_INTEL_TSX_MODE_OFF + help + Intel's TSX (Transactional Synchronization Extensions) feature + allows to optimize locking protocols through lock elision which + can lead to a noticeable performance boost. + + On the other hand it has been shown that TSX can be exploited + to form side channel attacks (e.g. TAA) and chances are there + will be more of those attacks discovered in the future. + + Therefore TSX is not enabled by default (aka tsx=off). An admin + might override this decision by tsx=on the command line parameter. + Even with TSX enabled, the kernel will attempt to enable the best + possible TAA mitigation setting depending on the microcode available + for the particular machine. + + This option allows to set the default tsx mode between tsx=on, =off + and =auto. See Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt for more + details. + + Say off if not sure, auto if TSX is in use but it should be used on safe + platforms or on if TSX is in use and the security aspect of tsx is not + relevant. + +config X86_INTEL_TSX_MODE_OFF + bool "off" + help + TSX is disabled if possible - equals to tsx=off command line parameter. + +config X86_INTEL_TSX_MODE_ON + bool "on" + help + TSX is always enabled on TSX capable HW - equals the tsx=on command + line parameter. + +config X86_INTEL_TSX_MODE_AUTO + bool "auto" + help + TSX is enabled on TSX capable HW that is believed to be safe against + side channel attacks- equals the tsx=auto command line parameter. +endchoice + config EFI bool "EFI runtime service support" depends on ACPI |