From ea01668f9f43021b28b3f4d5ffad50106a1e1301 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tyler Hicks Date: Mon, 6 May 2019 23:52:58 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: Correct the possible MDS sysfs values Adjust the last two rows in the table that display possible values when MDS mitigation is enabled. They both were slightly innacurate. In addition, convert the table of possible values and their descriptions to a list-table. The simple table format uses the top border of equals signs to determine cell width which resulted in the first column being far too wide in comparison to the second column that contained the majority of the text. Signed-off-by: Tyler Hicks Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner --- Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.rst | 25 ++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.rst index e0dccf414eca..e3a796c0d3a2 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.rst @@ -95,22 +95,19 @@ mitigations are active. The relevant sysfs file is: The possible values in this file are: - ========================================= ================================= - 'Not affected' The processor is not vulnerable + .. list-table:: - 'Vulnerable' The processor is vulnerable, - but no mitigation enabled + * - 'Not affected' + - The processor is not vulnerable + * - 'Vulnerable' + - The processor is vulnerable, but no mitigation enabled + * - 'Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode' + - The processor is vulnerable but microcode is not updated. - 'Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted' The processor is vulnerable but - microcode is not updated. - The mitigation is enabled on a - best effort basis. - See :ref:`vmwerv` - - 'Mitigation: CPU buffer clear' The processor is vulnerable and the - CPU buffer clearing mitigation is - enabled. - ========================================= ================================= + The mitigation is enabled on a best effort basis. See :ref:`vmwerv` + * - 'Mitigation: Clear CPU buffers' + - The processor is vulnerable and the CPU buffer clearing mitigation is + enabled. If the processor is vulnerable then the following information is appended to the above information: