This parameter controls whether the Speculative Store
Bypass optimization is used.
+ On x86 the options are:
+
on - Unconditionally disable Speculative Store Bypass
off - Unconditionally enable Speculative Store Bypass
auto - Kernel detects whether the CPU model contains an
seccomp - Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp threads
will disable SSB unless they explicitly opt out.
- Not specifying this option is equivalent to
- spec_store_bypass_disable=auto.
-
Default mitigations:
X86: If CONFIG_SECCOMP=y "seccomp", otherwise "prctl"
+ On powerpc the options are:
+
+ on,auto - On Power8 and Power9 insert a store-forwarding
+ barrier on kernel entry and exit. On Power7
+ perform a software flush on kernel entry and
+ exit.
+ off - No action.
+
+ Not specifying this option is equivalent to
+ spec_store_bypass_disable=auto.
+
spia_io_base= [HW,MTD]
spia_fio_base=
spia_pedr=