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Message-ID: <20240823185323.2563194-2-jmattson@google.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 11:53:10 -0700
From: Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
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Subject: [PATCH v3 1/4] x86/cpufeatures: Clarify semantics of X86_FEATURE_IBPB
Since this synthetic feature bit is set on AMD CPUs that don't flush
the RSB on an IBPB, indicate as much in the comment, to avoid
potential confusion with the Intel IBPB semantics.
Signed-off-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
index dd4682857c12..cabd6b58e8ec 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
#define X86_FEATURE_SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_DISABLE ( 7*32+23) /* Disable Speculative Store Bypass. */
#define X86_FEATURE_LS_CFG_SSBD ( 7*32+24) /* AMD SSBD implementation via LS_CFG MSR */
#define X86_FEATURE_IBRS ( 7*32+25) /* "ibrs" Indirect Branch Restricted Speculation */
-#define X86_FEATURE_IBPB ( 7*32+26) /* "ibpb" Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier */
+#define X86_FEATURE_IBPB ( 7*32+26) /* "ibpb" Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier without RSB flush */
#define X86_FEATURE_STIBP ( 7*32+27) /* "stibp" Single Thread Indirect Branch Predictors */
#define X86_FEATURE_ZEN ( 7*32+28) /* Generic flag for all Zen and newer */
#define X86_FEATURE_L1TF_PTEINV ( 7*32+29) /* L1TF workaround PTE inversion */
--
2.46.0.295.g3b9ea8a38a-goog
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