x86/kvm: Allow runtime control of L1D flush
All mitigation modes can be switched at run time with a static key now:
- Use sysfs_streq() instead of strcmp() to handle the trailing new line
from sysfs writes correctly.
- Make the static key management handle multiple invocations properly.
- Set the module parameter file to RW
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Tested-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180713142322.954525119@linutronix.de
Orabug:
28220674
CVE: CVE-2018-3646
(cherry picked from commit
895ae47f9918833c3a880fbccd41e0692b37e7d9)
Signed-off-by: Mihai Carabas <mihai.carabas@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Darren Kenny <darren.kenny@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
Conflicts:
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
Contextual: different content; bugs_64.cwas modified instead of bugs.c