linux-kernel - [PATCH 08/23] x86/srso: Print actual mitigation if requested mitigation isn't possible

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Message-ID: <0f8b03be6b785efdc4a3d37feca0b25ef850e011.1692919072.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Date:   Fri, 25 Aug 2023 00:01:39 -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 08/23] x86/srso: Print actual mitigation if requested mitigation isn't possible

If the kernel wasn't compiled to support the requested option, print the
actual option that ends up getting used.

Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@...en8.de>
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index 2859a54660a2..235c0e00ae51 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -2461,7 +2461,6 @@ static void __init srso_select_mitigation(void)
 			srso_mitigation = SRSO_MITIGATION_SAFE_RET;
 		} else {
 			pr_err("WARNING: kernel not compiled with CPU_SRSO.\n");
-			goto pred_cmd;
 		}
 		break;
 
@@ -2473,7 +2472,6 @@ static void __init srso_select_mitigation(void)
 			}
 		} else {
 			pr_err("WARNING: kernel not compiled with CPU_IBPB_ENTRY.\n");
-			goto pred_cmd;
 		}
 		break;
 
@@ -2485,7 +2483,6 @@ static void __init srso_select_mitigation(void)
 			}
 		} else {
 			pr_err("WARNING: kernel not compiled with CPU_SRSO.\n");
-			goto pred_cmd;
                 }
 		break;
 
-- 
2.41.0