linux-kernel - [tip: x86/bugs] x86/srso: Fix SBPB enablement for spec_rstack

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Message-ID: <169295877427.27769.6051096646833992817.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date:   Fri, 25 Aug 2023 10:19:34 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Josh Poimboeuf" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: x86/bugs] x86/srso: Fix SBPB enablement for spec_rstack_overflow=off

The following commit has been merged into the x86/bugs branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     85e22808baacb80d17c5d3179be9aa4121638c1e
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/85e22808baacb80d17c5d3179be9aa4121638c1e
Author:        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
AuthorDate:    Fri, 25 Aug 2023 00:01:37 -07:00
Committer:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Fri, 25 Aug 2023 11:21:58 +02:00

x86/srso: Fix SBPB enablement for spec_rstack_overflow=off

If the user has requested no SRSO mitigation, other mitigations can use
the lighter-weight SBPB instead of IBPB.

Fixes: fb3bd914b3ec ("x86/srso: Add a Speculative RAS Overflow mitigation")
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/d025b558e451325db3a2c76f3daafe26a0928789.1692919072.git.jpoimboe@kernel.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 b0ae985..10499bc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -2433,7 +2433,7 @@ static void __init srso_select_mitigation(void)
 
 	switch (srso_cmd) {
 	case SRSO_CMD_OFF:
-		return;
+		goto pred_cmd;
 
 	case SRSO_CMD_MICROCODE:
 		if (has_microcode) {