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FLUSH_L1D was already added in 11e34e64e4, but the feature is not
visible to userspace yet.
The bit definition:
CPUID.(EAX=7,ECX=0):EDX[bit 28]
If the feature is supported by the host, kvm should support it too so
that userspace can choose whether to expose it to the guest or not.
One disadvantage of not exposing it is that the guest will report
a non existing vulnerability in
/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/mmio_stale_data
because the mitigation is present only if the guest supports
(FLUSH_L1D and MD_CLEAR) or FB_CLEAR.
Signed-off-by: Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito <eesposit@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20230201132905.549148-4-eesposit@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Linux kernel
============
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.