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Source Code:arch\x86\include\asm\nospec-branch.h Create Date:2022-07-28 05:35:10
Last Modify:2020-03-12 14:18:49 Copyright©Brick
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Name:mds_idle_clear_cpu_buffers - Mitigation for MDS vulnerability* Clear CPU buffers if the corresponding static key is enabled

Proto:static inline void mds_idle_clear_cpu_buffers(void)

Type:void

Parameter:Nothing

357  If static_branch_likely( & mds_idle_clear) Then mds_clear_cpu_buffers - Mitigation for MDS and TAA vulnerability* This uses the otherwise unused and obsolete VERW instruction in* combination with microcode which triggers a CPU buffer flush when the* instruction is executed.
Caller
NameDescribe
native_safe_halt
native_halt