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From: "tip-bot2 for Fenghua Yu" <tip-bot2@linutronix.de>
To: linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
	x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: x86/splitlock] Documentation/admin-guide: Change doc for split_lock_detect parameter
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2021 21:32:35 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <161696715561.398.9620783137672566551.tip-bot2@tip-bot2> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210322135325.682257-4-fenghua.yu@intel.com>

The following commit has been merged into the x86/splitlock branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     ebca17707e38f2050b188d837bd4646b29a1b0c2
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/ebca17707e38f2050b188d837bd4646b29a1b0c2
Author:        Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
AuthorDate:    Mon, 22 Mar 2021 13:53:25 
Committer:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
CommitterDate: Sun, 28 Mar 2021 22:52:16 +02:00

Documentation/admin-guide: Change doc for split_lock_detect parameter

Since #DB for bus lock detect changes the split_lock_detect parameter,
update the documentation for the changes.

Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210322135325.682257-4-fenghua.yu@intel.com

---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 22 +++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 0454572..aef927c 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -5100,27 +5100,37 @@
 	spia_peddr=
 
 	split_lock_detect=
-			[X86] Enable split lock detection
+			[X86] Enable split lock detection or bus lock detection
 
 			When enabled (and if hardware support is present), atomic
 			instructions that access data across cache line
-			boundaries will result in an alignment check exception.
+			boundaries will result in an alignment check exception
+			for split lock detection or a debug exception for
+			bus lock detection.
 
 			off	- not enabled
 
-			warn	- the kernel will emit rate limited warnings
+			warn	- the kernel will emit rate-limited warnings
 				  about applications triggering the #AC
-				  exception. This mode is the default on CPUs
-				  that supports split lock detection.
+				  exception or the #DB exception. This mode is
+				  the default on CPUs that support split lock
+				  detection or bus lock detection. Default
+				  behavior is by #AC if both features are
+				  enabled in hardware.
 
 			fatal	- the kernel will send SIGBUS to applications
-				  that trigger the #AC exception.
+				  that trigger the #AC exception or the #DB
+				  exception. Default behavior is by #AC if
+				  both features are enabled in hardware.
 
 			If an #AC exception is hit in the kernel or in
 			firmware (i.e. not while executing in user mode)
 			the kernel will oops in either "warn" or "fatal"
 			mode.
 
+			#DB exception for bus lock is triggered only when
+			CPL > 0.
+
 	srbds=		[X86,INTEL]
 			Control the Special Register Buffer Data Sampling
 			(SRBDS) mitigation.

      reply	other threads:[~2021-03-28 21:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-03-22 13:53 [PATCH v6 0/3] x86/bus_lock: Enable bus lock detection Fenghua Yu
2021-03-22 13:53 ` [PATCH v6 1/3] x86/cpufeatures: Enumerate #DB for " Fenghua Yu
2021-03-28 21:32   ` [tip: x86/splitlock] " tip-bot2 for Fenghua Yu
2021-03-22 13:53 ` [PATCH v6 2/3] x86/bus_lock: Handle #DB for bus lock Fenghua Yu
2021-03-28 21:32   ` [tip: x86/splitlock] x86/traps: " tip-bot2 for Fenghua Yu
2021-03-22 13:53 ` [PATCH v6 3/3] Documentation/admin-guide: Change doc for split_lock_detect parameter Fenghua Yu
2021-03-28 21:32   ` tip-bot2 for Fenghua Yu [this message]

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