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authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2018-01-07 22:48:00 +0100
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2018-01-08 11:10:33 +0100
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sysfs/cpu: Add vulnerability folder
As the meltdown/spectre problem affects several CPU architectures, it makes sense to have common way to express whether a system is affected by a particular vulnerability or not. If affected the way to express the mitigation should be common as well. Create /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities folder and files for meltdown, spectre_v1 and spectre_v2. Allow architectures to override the show function. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180107214913.096657732@linutronix.de
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@@ -373,3 +373,19 @@ Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Description: information about CPUs heterogeneity.
cpu_capacity: capacity of cpu#.
+
+What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities
+ /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/meltdown
+ /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v1
+ /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v2
+Date: Januar 2018
+Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
+Description: Information about CPU vulnerabilities
+
+ The files are named after the code names of CPU
+ vulnerabilities. The output of those files reflects the
+ state of the CPUs in the system. Possible output values:
+
+ "Not affected" CPU is not affected by the vulnerability
+ "Vulnerable" CPU is affected and no mitigation in effect
+ "Mitigation: $M" CPU is affetcted and mitigation $M is in effect