| Date | Mon, 26 Nov 2018 16:24:29 +0100 | From | Borislav Petkov <> | Subject | Re: [patch V2 06/28] x86/speculation: Rename SSBD update functions |
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On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 07:33:34PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > During context switch, the SSBD bit in SPEC_CTRL MSR is updated according > to changes of the TIF_SSBD flag in the current and next running task. > > Currently, only the bit controlling speculative store bypass disable in > SPEC_CTRL MSR is updated and the related update functions all have > "speculative_store" or "ssb" in their names. > > For enhanced mitigation control other bits in SPEC_CTRL MSR need to be > updated as well, which makes the SSB names inadequate. > > Rename the "speculative_store*" functions to a more generic name. >
And add:
"No functional changes."
-- Regards/Gruss, Boris.
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