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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/Kconfig | 18 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index 8eed3f94bfc7..20da391b5f32 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ config X86 select ARCH_HAS_GCOV_PROFILE_ALL select ARCH_HAS_KCOV if X86_64 select ARCH_HAS_PMEM_API if X86_64 - # Causing hangs/crashes, see the commit that added this change for details. select ARCH_HAS_REFCOUNT select ARCH_HAS_UACCESS_FLUSHCACHE if X86_64 select ARCH_HAS_SET_MEMORY @@ -89,6 +88,7 @@ config X86 select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_MIN_ADJUST select GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE select GENERIC_CPU_AUTOPROBE + select GENERIC_CPU_VULNERABILITIES select GENERIC_EARLY_IOREMAP select GENERIC_FIND_FIRST_BIT select GENERIC_IOMAP @@ -429,6 +429,19 @@ config GOLDFISH def_bool y depends on X86_GOLDFISH +config RETPOLINE + bool "Avoid speculative indirect branches in kernel" + default y + help + Compile kernel with the retpoline compiler options to guard against + kernel-to-user data leaks by avoiding speculative indirect + branches. Requires a compiler with -mindirect-branch=thunk-extern + support for full protection. The kernel may run slower. + + Without compiler support, at least indirect branches in assembler + code are eliminated. Since this includes the syscall entry path, + it is not entirely pointless. + config INTEL_RDT bool "Intel Resource Director Technology support" default n @@ -926,7 +939,8 @@ config MAXSMP config NR_CPUS int "Maximum number of CPUs" if SMP && !MAXSMP range 2 8 if SMP && X86_32 && !X86_BIGSMP - range 2 512 if SMP && !MAXSMP && !CPUMASK_OFFSTACK + range 2 64 if SMP && X86_32 && X86_BIGSMP + range 2 512 if SMP && !MAXSMP && !CPUMASK_OFFSTACK && X86_64 range 2 8192 if SMP && !MAXSMP && CPUMASK_OFFSTACK && X86_64 default "1" if !SMP default "8192" if MAXSMP |