linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.19 02/18] x86,bugs: Unconditionally allow spectre

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Message-Id: <20220309155856.230277852@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Wed,  9 Mar 2022 16:59:39 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Frank van der Linden <fllinden@...zon.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.19 02/18] x86,bugs: Unconditionally allow spectre_v2=retpoline,amd

From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>

commit f8a66d608a3e471e1202778c2a36cbdc96bae73b upstream.

Currently Linux prevents usage of retpoline,amd on !AMD hardware, this
is unfriendly and gets in the way of testing. Remove this restriction.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Tested-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211026120310.487348118@infradead.org
[fllinden@...zon.com: backported to 4.19 (no Hygon in 4.19)]
Signed-off-by: Frank van der Linden <fllinden@...zon.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c |    6 ------
 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -839,12 +839,6 @@ static enum spectre_v2_mitigation_cmd __
 		return SPECTRE_V2_CMD_AUTO;
 	}
 
-	if (cmd == SPECTRE_V2_CMD_RETPOLINE_AMD &&
-	    boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_AMD) {
-		pr_err("retpoline,amd selected but CPU is not AMD. Switching to AUTO select\n");
-		return SPECTRE_V2_CMD_AUTO;
-	}
-
 	spec_v2_print_cond(mitigation_options[i].option,
 			   mitigation_options[i].secure);
 	return cmd;