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Linus Torvalds 5c3b3264e5 - Convert the SSB mitigation to the attack vector controls which got forgotten
at the time
 
 - Prevent the CPUID topology hierarchy detection on AMD from overwriting the
   correct initial APIC ID
 
 - Fix the case of a machine shipping without microcode in the BIOS, in the AMD
   microcode loader
 
 - Correct the Pentium 4 model range which has a constant TSC
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Merge tag 'x86_urgent_for_v6.17_rc4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull x86 fixes from Borislav Petkov:

 - Convert the SSB mitigation to the attack vector controls which got
   forgotten at the time

 - Prevent the CPUID topology hierarchy detection on AMD from
   overwriting the correct initial APIC ID

 - Fix the case of a machine shipping without microcode in the BIOS, in
   the AMD microcode loader

 - Correct the Pentium 4 model range which has a constant TSC

* tag 'x86_urgent_for_v6.17_rc4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for SSB
  x86/cpu/topology: Use initial APIC ID from XTOPOLOGY leaf on AMD/HYGON
  x86/microcode/AMD: Handle the case of no BIOS microcode
  x86/cpu/intel: Fix the constant_tsc model check for Pentium 4
2025-08-31 09:20:17 -07:00
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ABI blk-wbt: doc: Update the doc of the wbt_lat_usec interface 2025-08-11 10:21:38 -06:00
PCI selftests: pci_endpoint: Add doorbell test case 2025-07-24 16:51:47 -05:00
RCU rcu: Document concurrent quiescent state reporting for offline CPUs 2025-07-22 17:10:50 +05:30
accel
accounting delaytop: enhance error logging and add PSI feature description 2025-08-02 12:01:41 -07:00
admin-guide x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for SSB 2025-08-27 18:17:12 +02:00
arch It has been a relatively busy cycle for docs, especially the build system: 2025-07-31 08:36:51 -07:00
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cdrom cdrom: Call cdrom_mrw_exit from cdrom_release function 2025-07-22 19:10:17 -06:00
core-api module: Rename EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FOR_MODULES to EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_MODULES 2025-08-11 16:16:36 +02:00
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