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2018-01-23x86/pti: Document fix wrong indexzhenwei.pi
commit 98f0fceec7f84d80bc053e49e596088573086421 upstream. In section <2. Runtime Cost>, fix wrong index. Signed-off-by: zhenwei.pi <zhenwei.pi@youruncloud.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: dave.hansen@linux.intel.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1516237492-27739-1-git-send-email-zhenwei.pi@youruncloud.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2018-01-17x86/Documentation: Add PTI descriptionDave Hansen
commit 01c9b17bf673b05bb401b76ec763e9730ccf1376 upstream. Add some details about how PTI works, what some of the downsides are, and how to debug it when things go wrong. Also document the kernel parameter: 'pti/nopti'. Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Cc: Moritz Lipp <moritz.lipp@iaik.tugraz.at> Cc: Daniel Gruss <daniel.gruss@iaik.tugraz.at> Cc: Michael Schwarz <michael.schwarz@iaik.tugraz.at> Cc: Richard Fellner <richard.fellner@student.tugraz.at> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> Cc: Andi Lutomirsky <luto@kernel.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180105174436.1BC6FA2B@viggo.jf.intel.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>