3.16.68-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Tyler Hicks tyhicks@canonical.com
commit ea01668f9f43021b28b3f4d5ffad50106a1e1301 upstream.
Adjust the last two rows in the table that display possible values when MDS mitigation is enabled. They both were slightly innacurate.
In addition, convert the table of possible values and their descriptions to a list-table. The simple table format uses the top border of equals signs to determine cell width which resulted in the first column being far too wide in comparison to the second column that contained the majority of the text.
Signed-off-by: Tyler Hicks tyhicks@canonical.com Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner tglx@linutronix.de [bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust filename] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings ben@decadent.org.uk --- Documentation/hw-vuln/mds.rst | 29 ++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
--- a/Documentation/hw-vuln/mds.rst +++ b/Documentation/hw-vuln/mds.rst @@ -95,22 +95,19 @@ mitigations are active. The relevant sys
The possible values in this file are:
- ========================================= ================================= - 'Not affected' The processor is not vulnerable + .. list-table::
- 'Vulnerable' The processor is vulnerable, - but no mitigation enabled - - 'Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted' The processor is vulnerable but - microcode is not updated. - The mitigation is enabled on a - best effort basis. - See :ref:`vmwerv` - - 'Mitigation: CPU buffer clear' The processor is vulnerable and the - CPU buffer clearing mitigation is - enabled. - ========================================= ================================= + * - 'Not affected' + - The processor is not vulnerable + * - 'Vulnerable' + - The processor is vulnerable, but no mitigation enabled + * - 'Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode' + - The processor is vulnerable but microcode is not updated. + + The mitigation is enabled on a best effort basis. See :ref:`vmwerv` + * - 'Mitigation: Clear CPU buffers' + - The processor is vulnerable and the CPU buffer clearing mitigation is + enabled.
If the processor is vulnerable then the following information is appended to the above information: