x86/bugs: Remove GDS Force Kconfig option

Browse source

Remove the MITIGATION_GDS_FORCE Kconfig option, which aggressively disables
AVX as a mitigation for Gather Data Sampling (GDS) vulnerabilities. This
option is not widely used by distros.

While removing the Kconfig option, retain the runtime configuration ability
through the `gather_data_sampling=force` kernel parameter. This allows users
to still enable this aggressive mitigation if needed, without baking it into
the kernel configuration.

Simplify the kernel configuration while maintaining flexibility for runtime
mitigation choices.

Suggested-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Sneddon <daniel.sneddon@linux.intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240729164105.554296-11-leitao@debian.org

...

This commit is contained in:

Breno Leitao 2024-07-29 09:40:58 -07:00 • committed by Borislav Petkov (AMD)

parent b908cdab06

commit 03267a534b

2 changed files with 0 additions and 23 deletions

Show all changes Ignore whitespace when comparing lines Ignore changes in amount of whitespace Ignore changes in whitespace at EOL

Download patch file Download diff file Expand all files Collapse all files

19

arch/x86/Kconfig

View file

4

arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c

View file