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@@ -3444,6 +3444,7 @@
retbleed=off [X86]
spec_rstack_overflow=off [X86]
spec_store_bypass_disable=off [X86,PPC]
+ spectre_bhi=off [X86]
spectre_v2_user=off [X86]
srbds=off [X86,INTEL]
ssbd=force-off [ARM64]
@@ -6063,6 +6064,15 @@
sonypi.*= [HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
See Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/sonypi.rst
+ spectre_bhi= [X86] Control mitigation of Branch History Injection
+ (BHI) vulnerability. This setting affects the
+ deployment of the HW BHI control and the SW BHB
+ clearing sequence.
+
+ on - (default) Enable the HW or SW mitigation
+ as needed.
+ off - Disable the mitigation.
+
spectre_v2= [X86,EARLY] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
(indirect branch speculation) vulnerability.
The default operation protects the kernel from