linux-kernel - [PATCH 08/22] x86/srso: Downgrade retbleed IBPB warning to informational message

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Date:   Sun, 20 Aug 2023 18:19:05 -0700
From:   Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
To:     x86@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Babu Moger <babu.moger@....com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>, David.Kaplan@....com,
        Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@...rix.com>,
        Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@...e.com>,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH 08/22] x86/srso: Downgrade retbleed IBPB warning to informational message

This warning is nothing to get excited over.  Downgrade to pr_info().

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index cda4b5e6a362..e59e09babf8f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -2425,7 +2425,7 @@ static void __init srso_select_mitigation(void)
 
 	if (retbleed_mitigation == RETBLEED_MITIGATION_IBPB) {
 		if (has_microcode) {
-			pr_err("Retbleed IBPB mitigation enabled, using same for SRSO\n");
+			pr_info("Retbleed IBPB mitigation enabled, using same for SRSO\n");
 			srso_mitigation = SRSO_MITIGATION_IBPB;
 			goto pred_cmd;
 		}
-- 
2.41.0