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Linus Torvalds 877934769e - Cache the AMD debug registers in per-CPU variables to avoid MSR writes
where possible, when supporting a debug registers swap feature for
   SEV-ES guests
 
 - Add support for AMD's version of eIBRS called Automatic IBRS which is
   a set-and-forget control of indirect branch restriction speculation
   resources on privilege change
 
 - Add support for a new x86 instruction - LKGS - Load kernel GS which is
   part of the FRED infrastructure
 
 - Reset SPEC_CTRL upon init to accomodate use cases like kexec which
   rediscover
 
 - Other smaller fixes and cleanups
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Merge tag 'x86_cpu_for_v6.3_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull x86 cpuid updates from Borislav Petkov:

 - Cache the AMD debug registers in per-CPU variables to avoid MSR
   writes where possible, when supporting a debug registers swap feature
   for SEV-ES guests

 - Add support for AMD's version of eIBRS called Automatic IBRS which is
   a set-and-forget control of indirect branch restriction speculation
   resources on privilege change

 - Add support for a new x86 instruction - LKGS - Load kernel GS which
   is part of the FRED infrastructure

 - Reset SPEC_CTRL upon init to accomodate use cases like kexec which
   rediscover

 - Other smaller fixes and cleanups

* tag 'x86_cpu_for_v6.3_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/amd: Cache debug register values in percpu variables
  KVM: x86: Propagate the AMD Automatic IBRS feature to the guest
  x86/cpu: Support AMD Automatic IBRS
  x86/cpu, kvm: Add the SMM_CTL MSR not present feature
  x86/cpu, kvm: Add the Null Selector Clears Base feature
  x86/cpu, kvm: Move X86_FEATURE_LFENCE_RDTSC to its native leaf
  x86/cpu, kvm: Add the NO_NESTED_DATA_BP feature
  KVM: x86: Move open-coded CPUID leaf 0x80000021 EAX bit propagation code
  x86/cpu, kvm: Add support for CPUID_80000021_EAX
  x86/gsseg: Add the new <asm/gsseg.h> header to <asm/asm-prototypes.h>
  x86/gsseg: Use the LKGS instruction if available for load_gs_index()
  x86/gsseg: Move load_gs_index() to its own new header file
  x86/gsseg: Make asm_load_gs_index() take an u16
  x86/opcode: Add the LKGS instruction to x86-opcode-map
  x86/cpufeature: Add the CPU feature bit for LKGS
  x86/bugs: Reset speculation control settings on init
  x86/cpu: Remove redundant extern x86_read_arch_cap_msr()
2023-02-21 14:51:40 -08:00
arch - Cache the AMD debug registers in per-CPU variables to avoid MSR writes 2023-02-21 14:51:40 -08:00
block Updates for the interrupt subsystem: 2023-02-21 10:03:48 -08:00
certs certs: don't try to update blacklist keys 2023-02-13 10:11:20 +02:00
crypto KEYS: asymmetric: Fix ECDSA use via keyctl uapi 2023-02-13 10:11:20 +02:00
Documentation - Cache the AMD debug registers in per-CPU variables to avoid MSR writes 2023-02-21 14:51:40 -08:00
drivers Thermal control updates for 6.3-rc1 2023-02-21 12:32:05 -08:00
fs hardening updates for v6.3-rc1 2023-02-21 11:07:23 -08:00
include uaccess: Add speculation barrier to copy_from_user() 2023-02-21 14:45:22 -08:00
init RCU pull request for v6.3 2023-02-21 10:45:51 -08:00
io_uring for-6.3/block-2023-02-16 2023-02-20 14:27:21 -08:00
ipc fs: port ->permission() to pass mnt_idmap 2023-01-19 09:24:28 +01:00
kernel uaccess: Add speculation barrier to copy_from_user() 2023-02-21 14:45:22 -08:00
lib uaccess: Add speculation barrier to copy_from_user() 2023-02-21 14:45:22 -08:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Add the copyleft-next-0.3.1 license 2022-11-08 15:44:01 +01:00
mm Scheduler updates in this cycle are: 2023-02-20 17:41:08 -08:00
net hardening updates for v6.3-rc1 2023-02-21 11:07:23 -08:00
rust Rust changes for v6.3 2023-02-20 10:40:42 -08:00
samples ftrace: Export ftrace_free_filter() to modules 2023-01-24 11:20:58 -05:00
scripts hardening updates for v6.3-rc1 2023-02-21 11:07:23 -08:00
security hardening updates for v6.3-rc1 2023-02-21 11:07:23 -08:00
sound ARM: unused boardfile removal for 6.3 2023-02-20 15:28:57 -08:00
tools - Cache the AMD debug registers in per-CPU variables to avoid MSR writes 2023-02-21 14:51:40 -08:00
usr usr/gen_init_cpio.c: remove unnecessary -1 values from int file 2022-10-03 14:21:44 -07:00
virt VFIO fixes for v6.2-rc6 2023-01-23 11:56:07 -08:00
.clang-format iommufd for 6.2 2022-12-14 09:15:43 -08:00
.cocciconfig
.get_maintainer.ignore get_maintainer: add Alan to .get_maintainer.ignore 2022-08-20 15:17:44 -07:00
.gitattributes
.gitignore .gitignore: ignore *.rpm 2022-12-30 17:22:14 +09:00
.mailmap 12 hotfixes, mostly against mm/. Five of these fixes are cc:stable. 2023-02-13 14:09:20 -08:00
.rustfmt.toml rust: add .rustfmt.toml 2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: update SCTP maintainers 2023-02-02 11:35:33 -08:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v6.1 2022-10-10 12:00:45 -07:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS Thermal control updates for 6.3-rc1 2023-02-21 12:32:05 -08:00
Makefile Rust changes for v6.3 2023-02-20 10:40:42 -08:00
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