linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.16 081/110] x86/bugs: Make boot modes __ro_after

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Date:   Mon, 21 May 2018 23:12:18 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH 4.16 081/110] x86/bugs: Make boot modes __ro_after_init

4.16-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

commit f9544b2b076ca90d887c5ae5d74fab4c21bb7c13 upstream

There's no reason for these to be changed after boot.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c |    5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ static const char *spectre_v2_strings[]
 #undef pr_fmt
 #define pr_fmt(fmt)     "Spectre V2 : " fmt
 
-static enum spectre_v2_mitigation spectre_v2_enabled = SPECTRE_V2_NONE;
+static enum spectre_v2_mitigation spectre_v2_enabled __ro_after_init =
+	SPECTRE_V2_NONE;
 
 void x86_spec_ctrl_set(u64 val)
 {
@@ -407,7 +408,7 @@ retpoline_auto:
 #undef pr_fmt
 #define pr_fmt(fmt)	"Speculative Store Bypass: " fmt
 
-static enum ssb_mitigation ssb_mode = SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_NONE;
+static enum ssb_mitigation ssb_mode __ro_after_init = SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_NONE;
 
 /* The kernel command line selection */
 enum ssb_mitigation_cmd {