x86_idle_clear_cpu_buffers(9)

💅 x86_idle_clear_cpu_buffers(9) 💅

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie — this page is all about x86_idle_clear_cpu_buffers, aka the buffer clearing support in idle for the MDS and TSA vulnerabilities. no cap, that's the whole name vibe. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the signature is literally this, copy-paste energy:

void x86_idle_clear_cpu_buffers (void );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• void — no arguments. none. zero. the void is voiding. 💅

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so the actual job: clear CPU buffers if the corresponding static key is enabled. that's it, that's the tea. conditional buffer clearing, periodt. ✨

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• Kernel file ./arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h — go peek, bestie 🧚
• x86_clear_cpu_buffers(9) — another page to vibe with 🦋

kisses and cpu-buffer clarity 💜 this page is from ./arch/x86/include/asm, dated October 2026, and it's the x86_idle_clear_cpu_buffers(9) page. bye bestie, stay iconic 🎀