From dacb0bac2edb649ce01c25da9f8898769516d716 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dave Hansen Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2023 07:31:07 -0700 Subject: Documentation/x86: Fix backwards on/off logic about YMM support commit 1b0fc0345f2852ffe54fb9ae0e12e2ee69ad6a20 upstream These options clearly turn *off* XSAVE YMM support. Correct the typo. Reported-by: Ben Hutchings Fixes: 553a5c03e90a ("x86/speculation: Add force option to GDS mitigation") Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/gather_data_sampling.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/gather_data_sampling.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/gather_data_sampling.rst index 40b7a6260010..264bfa937f7d 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/gather_data_sampling.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/gather_data_sampling.rst @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ GDS can also be mitigated on systems that don't have updated microcode by disabling AVX. This can be done by setting gather_data_sampling="force" or "clearcpuid=avx" on the kernel command-line. -If used, these options will disable AVX use by turning on XSAVE YMM support. +If used, these options will disable AVX use by turning off XSAVE YMM support. However, the processor will still enumerate AVX support. Userspace that does not follow proper AVX enumeration to check both AVX *and* XSAVE YMM support will break. -- cgit 1.4.1