diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/gather_data_sampling.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/gather_data_sampling.rst index 40b7a62600106..264bfa937f7de 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/gather_data_sampling.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/gather_data_sampling.rst @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ GDS can also be mitigated on systems that don't have updated microcode by disabling AVX. This can be done by setting gather_data_sampling="force" or "clearcpuid=avx" on the kernel command-line. -If used, these options will disable AVX use by turning on XSAVE YMM support. +If used, these options will disable AVX use by turning off XSAVE YMM support. However, the processor will still enumerate AVX support. Userspace that does not follow proper AVX enumeration to check both AVX *and* XSAVE YMM support will break.