operating-systems.html: add a warning for Linux/CPU vulns #1231
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|   <li><code>echo GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="$GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT mds=full,nosmt" | sudo tee /etc/default/grub.d/mds.conf</code> to create a new grub config file source with the echoed content</li> |   <li><code>echo GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="$GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT mds=full,nosmt" | sudo tee /etc/default/grub.d/mds.conf</code> to create a new grub config file source with the echoed content</li> | ||||||
|   <li><code>sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg</code> to generate a new grub config file including this new kernel flag</li> |   <li><code>sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg</code> to generate a new grub config file including this new kernel flag</li> | ||||||
|   <li><code>sudo reboot</code> to reboot</li> |   <li><code>sudo reboot</code> to reboot</li> | ||||||
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|   <li>afterward the reboot check <code>tail -n +1 /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/*</code> again to see that MDS now says SMT disabled.</li> |   <li>after the reboot, check <code>tail -n +1 /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/*</code> again to see that MDS now says SMT disabled.</li> | ||||||
| </ol> | </ol> | ||||||
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| <h5>Further reading</h5> | <h5>Further reading</h5> | ||||||
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I think it's more universal than
systemctl reboot