Changes in 4.9.176
x86/MCE: Save microcode revision in machine check records
x86/cpufeatures: Hide AMD-specific speculation flags
x86/bugs: Add AMD's variant of SSB_NO
x86/bugs: Add AMD's SPEC_CTRL MSR usage
x86/bugs: Switch the selection of mitigation from CPU vendor to CPU features
x86/bugs: Fix the AMD SSBD usage of the SPEC_CTRL MSR
x86/microcode/intel: Add a helper which gives the microcode revision
x86/microcode/intel: Check microcode revision before updating sibling threads
x86/microcode: Make sure boot_cpu_data.microcode is up-to-date
x86/microcode: Update the new microcode revision unconditionally
x86/mm: Use WRITE_ONCE() when setting PTEs
bitops: avoid integer overflow in GENMASK(_ULL)
x86/speculation: Simplify the CPU bug detection logic
locking/atomics, asm-generic: Move some macros from <linux/bitops.h> to a new <linux/bits.h> file
x86/speculation: Remove SPECTRE_V2_IBRS in enum spectre_v2_mitigation
x86/cpu: Sanitize FAM6_ATOM naming
Documentation/l1tf: Fix small spelling typo
x86/speculation: Apply IBPB more strictly to avoid cross-process data leak
x86/speculation: Enable cross-hyperthread spectre v2 STIBP mitigation
x86/speculation: Propagate information about RSB filling mitigation to sysfs
x86/speculation/l1tf: Drop the swap storage limit restriction when l1tf=off
x86/speculation: Update the TIF_SSBD comment
x86/speculation: Clean up spectre_v2_parse_cmdline()
x86/speculation: Remove unnecessary ret variable in cpu_show_common()
x86/speculation: Move STIPB/IBPB string conditionals out of cpu_show_common()
x86/speculation: Disable STIBP when enhanced IBRS is in use
x86/speculation: Rename SSBD update functions
x86/speculation: Reorganize speculation control MSRs update
x86/Kconfig: Select SCHED_SMT if SMP enabled
sched: Add sched_smt_active()
x86/speculation: Rework SMT state change
x86/l1tf: Show actual SMT state
x86/speculation: Reorder the spec_v2 code
x86/speculation: Mark string arrays const correctly
x86/speculataion: Mark command line parser data __initdata
x86/speculation: Unify conditional spectre v2 print functions
x86/speculation: Add command line control for indirect branch speculation
x86/speculation: Prepare for per task indirect branch speculation control
x86/process: Consolidate and simplify switch_to_xtra() code
x86/speculation: Avoid __switch_to_xtra() calls
x86/speculation: Prepare for conditional IBPB in switch_mm()
x86/speculation: Split out TIF update
x86/speculation: Prepare arch_smt_update() for PRCTL mode
x86/speculation: Prevent stale SPEC_CTRL msr content
x86/speculation: Add prctl() control for indirect branch speculation
x86/speculation: Enable prctl mode for spectre_v2_user
x86/speculation: Add seccomp Spectre v2 user space protection mode
x86/speculation: Provide IBPB always command line options
kvm: x86: Report STIBP on GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID
x86/msr-index: Cleanup bit defines
x86/speculation: Consolidate CPU whitelists
x86/speculation/mds: Add basic bug infrastructure for MDS
x86/speculation/mds: Add BUG_MSBDS_ONLY
x86/kvm: Expose X86_FEATURE_MD_CLEAR to guests
x86/speculation/mds: Add mds_clear_cpu_buffers()
x86/speculation/mds: Clear CPU buffers on exit to user
x86/kvm/vmx: Add MDS protection when L1D Flush is not active
x86/speculation/mds: Conditionally clear CPU buffers on idle entry
x86/speculation/mds: Add mitigation control for MDS
x86/speculation/mds: Add sysfs reporting for MDS
x86/speculation/mds: Add mitigation mode VMWERV
Documentation: Move L1TF to separate directory
Documentation: Add MDS vulnerability documentation
x86/speculation/mds: Add mds=full,nosmt cmdline option
x86/speculation: Move arch_smt_update() call to after mitigation decisions
x86/speculation/mds: Add SMT warning message
x86/speculation/mds: Fix comment
x86/speculation/mds: Print SMT vulnerable on MSBDS with mitigations off
cpu/speculation: Add 'mitigations=' cmdline option
x86/speculation: Support 'mitigations=' cmdline option
x86/speculation/mds: Add 'mitigations=' support for MDS
x86/mds: Add MDSUM variant to the MDS documentation
Documentation: Correct the possible MDS sysfs values
x86/speculation/mds: Fix documentation typo
x86: stop exporting msr-index.h to userland
x86/cpu/bugs: Use __initconst for 'const' init data
Linux 4.9.176
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@google.com>