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@@ -3444,6 +3444,7 @@
retbleed=off [X86]
spec_rstack_overflow=off [X86]
spec_store_bypass_disable=off [X86,PPC]
+ spectre_bhi=off [X86]
spectre_v2_user=off [X86]
srbds=off [X86,INTEL]
ssbd=force-off [ARM64]
@@ -6064,16 +6065,13 @@
See Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/sonypi.rst
spectre_bhi= [X86] Control mitigation of Branch History Injection
- (BHI) vulnerability. Syscalls are hardened against BHI
- reglardless of this setting. This setting affects the
+ (BHI) vulnerability. This setting affects the
deployment of the HW BHI control and the SW BHB
clearing sequence.
- on - unconditionally enable.
- off - unconditionally disable.
- auto - (default) enable hardware mitigation
- (BHI_DIS_S) if available, otherwise enable
- alternate mitigation in KVM.
+ on - (default) Enable the HW or SW mitigation
+ as needed.
+ off - Disable the mitigation.
spectre_v2= [X86,EARLY] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
(indirect branch speculation) vulnerability.