Patch "x86/pti: Rename BUG_CPU_INSECURE to BUG_CPU_MELTDOWN" has been added to the 4.14-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

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 4.14-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-4.14 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@vger.kernel.org> know about it.


>From de791821c295cc61419a06fe5562288417d1bc58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2018 15:27:34 +0100
Subject: x86/pti: Rename BUG_CPU_INSECURE to BUG_CPU_MELTDOWN

From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

commit de791821c295cc61419a06fe5562288417d1bc58 upstream.

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

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
Cc: Alan Cox <gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Jiri Koshina <jikos@kernel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Andi Lutomirski  <luto@amacapital.net>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Paul Turner <pjt@google.com>
Cc: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@google.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.20.1801051525300.1724@nanos
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

---
 arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h |    2 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c       |    2 +-
 arch/x86/mm/pti.c                  |    6 +++---
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
@@ -341,6 +341,6 @@
 #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 */
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ static void __init early_identify_cpu(st
 	setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_ALWAYS);
 
 	if (c->x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_AMD)
-		setup_force_cpu_bug(X86_BUG_CPU_INSECURE);
+		setup_force_cpu_bug(X86_BUG_CPU_MELTDOWN);
 
 	fpu__init_system(c);
 
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pti.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pti.c
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@
 
 static void __init pti_print_if_insecure(const char *reason)
 {
-	if (boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_CPU_INSECURE))
+	if (boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_CPU_MELTDOWN))
 		pr_info("%s\n", reason);
 }
 
 static void __init pti_print_if_secure(const char *reason)
 {
-	if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_CPU_INSECURE))
+	if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_CPU_MELTDOWN))
 		pr_info("%s\n", reason);
 }
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ void __init pti_check_boottime_disable(v
 	}
 
 autosel:
-	if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_CPU_INSECURE))
+	if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_CPU_MELTDOWN))
 		return;
 enable:
 	setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_PTI);


Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from tglx@linutronix.de are

queue-4.14/x86-tlb-drop-the-_gpl-from-the-cpu_tlbstate-export.patch
queue-4.14/x86-alternatives-add-missing-n-at-end-of-alternative-inline-asm.patch
queue-4.14/x86-kaslr-fix-the-vaddr_end-mess.patch
queue-4.14/efi-capsule-loader-reinstate-virtual-capsule-mapping.patch
queue-4.14/x86-mm-set-modules_end-to-0xffffffffff000000.patch
queue-4.14/mm-sparse.c-wrong-allocation-for-mem_section.patch
queue-4.14/x86-events-intel-ds-use-the-proper-cache-flush-method-for-mapping-ds-buffers.patch
queue-4.14/x86-pti-rename-bug_cpu_insecure-to-bug_cpu_meltdown.patch
queue-4.14/x86-mm-map-cpu_entry_area-at-the-same-place-on-4-5-level.patch