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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	stable@vger.kernel.org, Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
Subject: [PATCH 4.9 66/87] Documentation/spec_ctrl: Do some minor cleanups
Date: Mon, 21 May 2018 23:11:42 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180521210425.937595360@linuxfoundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180521210420.222671977@linuxfoundation.org>

4.9-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>

commit dd0792699c4058e63c0715d9a7c2d40226fcdddc upstream

Fix some typos, improve formulations, end sentences with a fullstop.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 Documentation/spec_ctrl.txt |   24 ++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

--- a/Documentation/spec_ctrl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/spec_ctrl.txt
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 Speculation Control
 ===================
 
-Quite some CPUs have speculation related misfeatures which are in fact
-vulnerabilites causing data leaks in various forms even accross privilege
-domains.
+Quite some CPUs have speculation-related misfeatures which are in
+fact vulnerabilities causing data leaks in various forms even across
+privilege domains.
 
 The kernel provides mitigation for such vulnerabilities in various
-forms. Some of these mitigations are compile time configurable and some on
-the kernel command line.
+forms. Some of these mitigations are compile-time configurable and some
+can be supplied on the kernel command line.
 
 There is also a class of mitigations which are very expensive, but they can
 be restricted to a certain set of processes or tasks in controlled
@@ -32,18 +32,18 @@ the following meaning:
 Bit  Define                Description
 ==== ===================== ===================================================
 0    PR_SPEC_PRCTL         Mitigation can be controlled per task by
-                           PR_SET_SPECULATION_CTRL
+                           PR_SET_SPECULATION_CTRL.
 1    PR_SPEC_ENABLE        The speculation feature is enabled, mitigation is
-                           disabled
+                           disabled.
 2    PR_SPEC_DISABLE       The speculation feature is disabled, mitigation is
-                           enabled
+                           enabled.
 3    PR_SPEC_FORCE_DISABLE Same as PR_SPEC_DISABLE, but cannot be undone. A
                            subsequent prctl(..., PR_SPEC_ENABLE) will fail.
 ==== ===================== ===================================================
 
 If all bits are 0 the CPU is not affected by the speculation misfeature.
 
-If PR_SPEC_PRCTL is set, then the per task control of the mitigation is
+If PR_SPEC_PRCTL is set, then the per-task control of the mitigation is
 available. If not set, prctl(PR_SET_SPECULATION_CTRL) for the speculation
 misfeature will fail.
 
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ Common error codes
 Value   Meaning
 ======= =================================================================
 EINVAL  The prctl is not implemented by the architecture or unused
-        prctl(2) arguments are not 0
+        prctl(2) arguments are not 0.
 
-ENODEV  arg2 is selecting a not supported speculation misfeature
+ENODEV  arg2 is selecting a not supported speculation misfeature.
 ======= =================================================================
 
 PR_SET_SPECULATION_CTRL error codes
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Value   Meaning
 0       Success
 
 ERANGE  arg3 is incorrect, i.e. it's neither PR_SPEC_ENABLE nor
-        PR_SPEC_DISABLE nor PR_SPEC_FORCE_DISABLE
+        PR_SPEC_DISABLE nor PR_SPEC_FORCE_DISABLE.
 
 ENXIO   Control of the selected speculation misfeature is not possible.
         See PR_GET_SPECULATION_CTRL.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2018-05-21 21:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 89+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-05-21 21:10 [PATCH 4.9 00/87] 4.9.102-stable review Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:10 ` [PATCH 4.9 01/87] usbip: usbip_host: refine probe and disconnect debug msgs to be useful Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:10 ` [PATCH 4.9 02/87] usbip: usbip_host: delete device from busid_table after rebind Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:10 ` [PATCH 4.9 03/87] usbip: usbip_host: run rebind from exit when module is removed Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:10 ` [PATCH 4.9 04/87] usbip: usbip_host: fix NULL-ptr deref and use-after-free errors Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:10 ` [PATCH 4.9 05/87] usbip: usbip_host: fix bad unlock balance during stub_probe() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:10 ` [PATCH 4.9 06/87] ALSA: usb: mixer: volume quirk for CM102-A+/102S+ Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:10 ` [PATCH 4.9 07/87] ALSA: hda: Add Lenovo C50 All in one to the power_save blacklist Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:10 ` [PATCH 4.9 08/87] ALSA: control: fix a redundant-copy issue Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:10 ` [PATCH 4.9 09/87] spi: pxa2xx: Allow 64-bit DMA Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:10 ` [PATCH 4.9 10/87] spi: bcm-qspi: Avoid setting MSPI_CDRAM_PCS for spi-nor master Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:10 ` [PATCH 4.9 11/87] spi: bcm-qspi: Always read and set BSPI_MAST_N_BOOT_CTRL Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:10 ` [PATCH 4.9 12/87] KVM: arm/arm64: VGIC/ITS: protect kvm_read_guest() calls with SRCU lock Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:10 ` [PATCH 4.9 13/87] powerpc: Dont preempt_disable() in show_cpuinfo() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:10 ` [PATCH 4.9 14/87] signals: avoid unnecessary taking of sighand->siglock Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:10 ` [PATCH 4.9 15/87] tracing/x86/xen: Remove zero data size trace events trace_xen_mmu_flush_tlb{_all} Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:10 ` [PATCH 4.9 16/87] netfilter: nf_tables: cant fail after linking rule into active rule list Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:10 ` [PATCH 4.9 17/87] i2c: designware: fix poll-after-enable regression Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:10 ` [PATCH 4.9 18/87] powerpc/powernv: Fix NVRAM sleep in invalid context when crashing Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:10 ` [PATCH 4.9 19/87] mm: dont allow deferred pages with NEED_PER_CPU_KM Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:10 ` [PATCH 4.9 20/87] s390/qdio: fix access to uninitialized qdio_q fields Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:10 ` [PATCH 4.9 21/87] s390/cpum_sf: ensure sample frequency of perf event attributes is non-zero Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:10 ` [PATCH 4.9 22/87] s390/qdio: dont release memory in qdio_setup_irq() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:10 ` [PATCH 4.9 23/87] s390: remove indirect branch from do_softirq_own_stack Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 24/87] x86/pkeys: Override pkey when moving away from PROT_EXEC Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 25/87] x86/pkeys: Do not special case protection key 0 Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 26/87] efi: Avoid potential crashes, fix the struct efi_pci_io_protocol_32 definition for mixed mode Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 27/87] ARM: 8771/1: kprobes: Prohibit kprobes on do_undefinstr Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 28/87] tick/broadcast: Use for_each_cpu() specially on UP kernels Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 29/87] ARM: 8769/1: kprobes: Fix to use get_kprobe_ctlblk after irq-disabed Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 30/87] ARM: 8770/1: kprobes: Prohibit probing on optimized_callback Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 31/87] ARM: 8772/1: kprobes: Prohibit kprobes on get_user functions Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 32/87] Btrfs: fix xattr loss after power failure Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 33/87] btrfs: fix crash when trying to resume balance without the resume flag Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 34/87] x86/amd: dont set X86_BUG_SYSRET_SS_ATTRS when running under Xen Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 35/87] btrfs: fix reading stale metadata blocks after degraded raid1 mounts Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 36/87] x86/nospec: Simplify alternative_msr_write() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 37/87] x86/bugs: Concentrate bug detection into a separate function Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 38/87] x86/bugs: Concentrate bug reporting " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 39/87] x86/bugs: Read SPEC_CTRL MSR during boot and re-use reserved bits Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 40/87] x86/bugs, KVM: Support the combination of guest and host IBRS Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 41/87] x86/bugs: Expose /sys/../spec_store_bypass Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 42/87] x86/cpufeatures: Add X86_FEATURE_RDS Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 43/87] x86/bugs: Provide boot parameters for the spec_store_bypass_disable mitigation Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 44/87] x86/bugs/intel: Set proper CPU features and setup RDS Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 45/87] x86/bugs: Whitelist allowed SPEC_CTRL MSR values Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 46/87] x86/bugs/AMD: Add support to disable RDS on Fam[15,16,17]h if requested Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 48/87] x86/speculation: Create spec-ctrl.h to avoid include hell Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 49/87] prctl: Add speculation control prctls Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 50/87] x86/process: Optimize TIF checks in __switch_to_xtra() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 51/87] x86/process: Correct and optimize TIF_BLOCKSTEP switch Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 52/87] x86/process: Optimize TIF_NOTSC switch Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 53/87] x86/process: Allow runtime control of Speculative Store Bypass Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 54/87] x86/speculation: Add prctl for Speculative Store Bypass mitigation Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 55/87] nospec: Allow getting/setting on non-current task Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 56/87] proc: Provide details on speculation flaw mitigations Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 57/87] seccomp: Enable " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 58/87] x86/bugs: Make boot modes __ro_after_init Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 59/87] prctl: Add force disable speculation Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 60/87] seccomp: Use PR_SPEC_FORCE_DISABLE Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 61/87] seccomp: Add filter flag to opt-out of SSB mitigation Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 62/87] seccomp: Move speculation migitation control to arch code Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 63/87] x86/speculation: Make "seccomp" the default mode for Speculative Store Bypass Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 64/87] x86/bugs: Rename _RDS to _SSBD Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 65/87] proc: Use underscores for SSBD in status Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 67/87] x86/bugs: Fix __ssb_select_mitigation() return type Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 68/87] x86/bugs: Make cpu_show_common() static Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 69/87] x86/bugs: Fix the parameters alignment and missing void Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 70/87] x86/cpu: Make alternative_msr_write work for 32-bit code Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 71/87] KVM: SVM: Move spec control call after restore of GS Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 73/87] x86/cpufeatures: Disentangle MSR_SPEC_CTRL enumeration from IBRS Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 74/87] x86/cpufeatures: Disentangle SSBD enumeration Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 75/87] x86/cpu/AMD: Fix erratum 1076 (CPB bit) Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 76/87] x86/cpufeatures: Add FEATURE_ZEN Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 77/87] x86/speculation: Handle HT correctly on AMD Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 78/87] x86/bugs, KVM: Extend speculation control for VIRT_SPEC_CTRL Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 79/87] x86/speculation: Add virtualized speculative store bypass disable support Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 80/87] x86/speculation: Rework speculative_store_bypass_update() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 81/87] x86/bugs: Unify x86_spec_ctrl_{set_guest,restore_host} Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 82/87] x86/bugs: Expose x86_spec_ctrl_base directly Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:11 ` [PATCH 4.9 83/87] x86/bugs: Remove x86_spec_ctrl_set() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:12 ` [PATCH 4.9 84/87] x86/bugs: Rework spec_ctrl base and mask logic Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:12 ` [PATCH 4.9 85/87] x86/speculation, KVM: Implement support for VIRT_SPEC_CTRL/LS_CFG Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:12 ` [PATCH 4.9 86/87] KVM: SVM: Implement VIRT_SPEC_CTRL support for SSBD Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-21 21:12 ` [PATCH 4.9 87/87] x86/bugs: Rename SSBD_NO to SSB_NO Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-05-22 11:08 ` [PATCH 4.9 00/87] 4.9.102-stable review Naresh Kamboju
2018-05-22 13:28 ` Guenter Roeck
2018-05-22 20:41 ` Shuah Khan

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