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