linux-kernel - [PATCH 17/23] x86/srso: Move retbleed IBPB check into existing 'has

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Message-ID: <c64b84b6df4e82423abe2441a1a088a8c7f1ae14.1692919072.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Date:   Fri, 25 Aug 2023 00:01:48 -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 17/23] x86/srso: Move retbleed IBPB check into existing 'has_microcode' code block

Simplify the code flow a bit by moving the retbleed IBPB check into the
existing 'has_microcode' block.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index 06216159d7fc..b086fd46fa1b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -2430,10 +2430,8 @@ static void __init srso_select_mitigation(void)
 			setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_SRSO_NO);
 			return;
 		}
-	}
 
-	if (retbleed_mitigation == RETBLEED_MITIGATION_IBPB) {
-		if (has_microcode) {
+		if (retbleed_mitigation == RETBLEED_MITIGATION_IBPB) {
 			srso_mitigation = SRSO_MITIGATION_IBPB;
 			goto out;
 		}
-- 
2.41.0