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commit e7956c92f396a44eeeb6eaf7a5b5e1ad24db6748 upstream. is_spectre_bhb_fw_affected() allows the caller to determine if the CPU is known to need a firmware mitigation. CPUs are either on the list of CPUs we know about, or firmware has been queried and reported that the platform is affected - and mitigated by firmware. This helper is not useful to determine if the platform is mitigated by firmware. A CPU could be on the know list, but the firmware may not be implemented. Its affected but not mitigated. spectre_bhb_enable_mitigation() handles this distinction by checking the firmware state before enabling the mitigation. Add a helper to expose this state. This will be used by the BPF JIT to determine if calling firmware for a mitigation is necessary and supported. Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.