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[176.122.172.82]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id o86sm1422706pfi.87.2018.02.26.00.27.50 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 26 Feb 2018 00:27:55 -0800 (PST) From: Alex Shi To: Marc Zyngier , Will Deacon , Ard Biesheuvel , Catalin Marinas , stable@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list) Subject: [PATCH 52/52] arm64: Add README describing the branch Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 16:20:26 +0800 Message-Id: <1519633227-29832-53-git-send-email-alex.shi@linaro.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.7.4 In-Reply-To: <1519633227-29832-1-git-send-email-alex.shi@linaro.org> References: <1519633227-29832-1-git-send-email-alex.shi@linaro.org> Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org From: Will Deacon Provide some basic guidance about this branch, its layout and how we plan to deploy changes in the future. Signed-off-by: Will Deacon Signed-off-by: Alex Shi --- SPECTRE-MELTDOWN-MITIGATIONS.README | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+) create mode 100644 SPECTRE-MELTDOWN-MITIGATIONS.README -- 2.7.4 diff --git a/SPECTRE-MELTDOWN-MITIGATIONS.README b/SPECTRE-MELTDOWN-MITIGATIONS.README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7b71b81 --- /dev/null +++ b/SPECTRE-MELTDOWN-MITIGATIONS.README @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +INTRODUCTION +============ + +This branch is based on the v4.15 release of Linux and contains arm64 +mitigations against the cache speculation side-channels described at +http://www.arm.com/security-update and commonly referred to as "Spectre" and +"Meltdown". Mitigations against variant 2 are also included for the 32-bit +armv7 architecture. + + +LAYOUT +====== + +Each commit contains a subject prefix which clearly identifies the variant +which it is attempting to mitigate against: + + [Variant 1/Spectre-v1] + [Variant 2/Spectre-v2] + [Variant 3/Meltdown] + +The commit message begins with a reference to the upstream commit ID. The +arm64 patches are targeting the v4.16 release of Linux and so the upstream +commit IDs may not appear in mainline releases prior to v4.16, although they +should still be accurate. + + +NOTES TO INTEGRATORS +==================== + +Please note that this branch is intended to be used as the basis for backport +efforts into stable and distribution kernels. It is not intended to be +integrated directly into production kernels and will consequently be frozen +when v4.16 is released after which it *WILL NOT RECEIVE FURTHER UPDATES*. + +Subsequent fixes and mitigation work will be queued in the mainline kernel +and CC'd to the stable trees as per the usual kernel development process. +Integrators are advised to track these trees as closely as possible. + +The patches here are intended to be specific to the arm/arm64 architectures +and therefore mitigation efforts elsewhere in the kernel (for example, in the +eBPF subsystem) are not included as part of this branch.