docs: recommend use of md-clear feature on all Intel CPUs

Update x86 CPU model guidance to recommend that the md-clear feature is
manually enabled with all Intel CPU models, when supported by the host
microcode.

Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20190515141011.5315-3-berrange@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>
(cherry picked from commit 2c7e82a30774730100da9dbe68d2360459030d91)
Signed-off-by: Oguz Bektas <o.bektas@proxmox.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Roth <mdroth@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

diff --git a/docs/qemu-cpu-models.texi b/docs/qemu-cpu-models.texi
index 23c11dc86fb54fc5130c10a1882ff7ee6b8b105d..ad040cfc981a801594f62bbd907140803ce1aa4d 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/qemu-cpu-models.texi
+++ b/docs/qemu-cpu-models.texi
@@ -200,6 +200,18 @@ Not included by default in any Intel CPU model.
 Should be explicitly turned on for all Intel CPU models.
 
 Note that not all CPU hardware will support this feature.
+
+@item @code{md-clear}
+
+Required to confirm the MDS (CVE-2018-12126, CVE-2018-12127, CVE-2018-12130,
+CVE-2019-11091) fixes.
+
+Not included by default in any Intel CPU model.
+
+Must be explicitly turned on for all Intel CPU models.
+
+Requires the host CPU microcode to support this feature before it
+can be used for guest CPUs.
 @end table