From: H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 16:56:17 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: NEWS: Mention x86 assembler options for CVE-2020-0551
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NEWS: Mention x86 assembler options for CVE-2020-0551

	* NEWS: Mention x86 assembler options for CVE-2020-0551.
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diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index a134be95fc..e6b3207a98 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2020-03-11  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+	* NEWS: Mention x86 assembler options for CVE-2020-0551.
+
 2020-03-11  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	* testsuite/gas/i386/i386.exp: Run new tests.
diff --git a/gas/NEWS b/gas/NEWS
index 5623db6435..9bbeaeb8c5 100644
--- a/gas/NEWS
+++ b/gas/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 -*- text -*-
 
+* Add -mlfence-after-load=, -mlfence-before-indirect-branch= and
+  -mlfence-before-ret= options to x86 assembler to help mitigate
+  CVE-2020-0551.
+
 * Add --gdwarf-5 option to the assembler to generate DWARF 5 debug output
   (if such output is being generated).  Added the ability to generate
   version 5 .debug_line sections.