x86-urgent-2022-04-17
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17 Apr 09:58
- Use either MSR_TSX_FORCE_ABORT or MSR_IA32_TSX_CTRL to disable TSX to cover all CPUs which allow to disable it. - Disable TSX development mode at boot so that a microcode update which provides TSX development mode does not suddenly make the system vulnerable to TSX Asynchronous Abort.