linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 03/20] x86/srso: Don't probe microcode in a guest

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Date:   Mon,  4 Sep 2023 22:04:47 -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 v3 03/20] x86/srso: Don't probe microcode in a guest

To support live migration, the hypervisor sets the "lowest common
denominator" of features.  Probing the microcode isn't allowed because
any detected features might go away after a migration.

As Andy Cooper states:

  "Linux must not probe microcode when virtualised.  What it may see
  instantaneously on boot (owing to MSR_PRED_CMD being fully passed
  through) is not accurate for the lifetime of the VM."

Rely on the hypervisor to set the needed IBPB_BRTYPE and SBPB bits.

Fixes: 1b5277c0ea0b ("x86/srso: Add SRSO_NO support")
Suggested-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@...rix.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@...rix.com>
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
index b08af929135d..28e77c5d6484 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ static void early_init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_TOPOEXT))
 		smp_num_siblings = ((cpuid_ebx(0x8000001e) >> 8) & 0xff) + 1;
 
-	if (!cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_IBPB_BRTYPE)) {
+	if (!cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR) && !cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_IBPB_BRTYPE)) {
 		if (c->x86 == 0x17 && boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_AMD_IBPB))
 			setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_IBPB_BRTYPE);
 		else if (c->x86 >= 0x19 && !wrmsrl_safe(MSR_IA32_PRED_CMD, PRED_CMD_SBPB)) {
-- 
2.41.0