[PATCH 5.4 001/215] Documentation/hw-vuln: Update spectre doc

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2024-04-11T10:14:17Z

From: Lin Yujun <linyujun809@huawei.com>

commit 06cb31cc761823ef444ba4e1df11347342a6e745 upstream.

commit 7c693f54c873691 ("x86/speculation: Add spectre_v2=ibrs option to support Kernel IBRS")

adds the "ibrs " option in
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt but omits it to
Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst, add it.

Signed-off-by: Lin Yujun <linyujun809@huawei.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220830123614.23007-1-linyujun809@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst
@@ -625,6 +625,7 @@ kernel command line.
eibrs enhanced IBRS
eibrs,retpoline enhanced IBRS + Retpolines
eibrs,lfence enhanced IBRS + LFENCE
+ ibrs use IBRS to protect kernel

Not specifying this option is equivalent to
spectre_v2=auto.