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Message-ID: <174618201374.22196.15610752935421268143.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date: Fri, 02 May 2025 10:33:33 -0000
From: "tip-bot2 for David Kaplan" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To: linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc: David Kaplan <david.kaplan@....com>,
 "Borislav Petkov (AMD)" <bp@...en8.de>, Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>,
 x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: x86/bugs] x86/bugs: Restructure MDS mitigation

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

Commit-ID:     559c758bc722ca0630d2b7f433f490cb76fe6128
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/559c758bc722ca0630d2b7f433f490cb76fe6128
Author:        David Kaplan <david.kaplan@....com>
AuthorDate:    Fri, 18 Apr 2025 11:17:06 -05:00
Committer:     Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@...en8.de>
CommitterDate: Mon, 28 Apr 2025 12:53:33 +02:00

x86/bugs: Restructure MDS mitigation

Restructure MDS mitigation selection to use select/update/apply
functions to create consistent vulnerability handling.

  [ bp: rename and beef up comment over VERW mitigation selected var for
    maximum clarity. ]

Signed-off-by: David Kaplan <david.kaplan@....com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@...en8.de>
Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250418161721.1855190-2-david.kaplan@amd.com
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 59 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index 9131e61..f697e6b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -34,6 +34,25 @@
 
 #include "cpu.h"
 
+/*
+ * Speculation Vulnerability Handling
+ *
+ * Each vulnerability is handled with the following functions:
+ *   <vuln>_select_mitigation() -- Selects a mitigation to use.  This should
+ *				   take into account all relevant command line
+ *				   options.
+ *   <vuln>_update_mitigation() -- This is called after all vulnerabilities have
+ *				   selected a mitigation, in case the selection
+ *				   may want to change based on other choices
+ *				   made.  This function is optional.
+ *   <vuln>_apply_mitigation() -- Enable the selected mitigation.
+ *
+ * The compile-time mitigation in all cases should be AUTO.  An explicit
+ * command-line option can override AUTO.  If no such option is
+ * provided, <vuln>_select_mitigation() will override AUTO to the best
+ * mitigation option.
+ */
+
 static void __init spectre_v1_select_mitigation(void);
 static void __init spectre_v2_select_mitigation(void);
 static void __init retbleed_select_mitigation(void);
@@ -41,6 +60,8 @@ static void __init spectre_v2_user_select_mitigation(void);
 static void __init ssb_select_mitigation(void);
 static void __init l1tf_select_mitigation(void);
 static void __init mds_select_mitigation(void);
+static void __init mds_update_mitigation(void);
+static void __init mds_apply_mitigation(void);
 static void __init md_clear_update_mitigation(void);
 static void __init md_clear_select_mitigation(void);
 static void __init taa_select_mitigation(void);
@@ -172,6 +193,7 @@ void __init cpu_select_mitigations(void)
 	spectre_v2_user_select_mitigation();
 	ssb_select_mitigation();
 	l1tf_select_mitigation();
+	mds_select_mitigation();
 	md_clear_select_mitigation();
 	srbds_select_mitigation();
 	l1d_flush_select_mitigation();
@@ -182,6 +204,14 @@ void __init cpu_select_mitigations(void)
 	 */
 	srso_select_mitigation();
 	gds_select_mitigation();
+
+	/*
+	 * After mitigations are selected, some may need to update their
+	 * choices.
+	 */
+	mds_update_mitigation();
+
+	mds_apply_mitigation();
 }
 
 /*
@@ -284,6 +314,12 @@ enum rfds_mitigations {
 static enum rfds_mitigations rfds_mitigation __ro_after_init =
 	IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MITIGATION_RFDS) ? RFDS_MITIGATION_AUTO : RFDS_MITIGATION_OFF;
 
+/*
+ * Set if any of MDS/TAA/MMIO/RFDS are going to enable VERW clearing
+ * through X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_CPU_BUF on kernel and guest entry.
+ */
+static bool verw_clear_cpu_buf_mitigation_selected __ro_after_init;
+
 static void __init mds_select_mitigation(void)
 {
 	if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_MDS) || cpu_mitigations_off()) {
@@ -294,12 +330,34 @@ static void __init mds_select_mitigation(void)
 	if (mds_mitigation == MDS_MITIGATION_AUTO)
 		mds_mitigation = MDS_MITIGATION_FULL;
 
+	if (mds_mitigation == MDS_MITIGATION_OFF)
+		return;
+
+	verw_clear_cpu_buf_mitigation_selected = true;
+}
+
+static void __init mds_update_mitigation(void)
+{
+	if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_MDS) || cpu_mitigations_off())
+		return;
+
+	/* If TAA, MMIO, or RFDS are being mitigated, MDS gets mitigated too. */
+	if (verw_clear_cpu_buf_mitigation_selected)
+		mds_mitigation = MDS_MITIGATION_FULL;
+
 	if (mds_mitigation == MDS_MITIGATION_FULL) {
 		if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_MD_CLEAR))
 			mds_mitigation = MDS_MITIGATION_VMWERV;
+	}
 
-		setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_CPU_BUF);
+	pr_info("%s\n", mds_strings[mds_mitigation]);
+}
 
+static void __init mds_apply_mitigation(void)
+{
+	if (mds_mitigation == MDS_MITIGATION_FULL ||
+	    mds_mitigation == MDS_MITIGATION_VMWERV) {
+		setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_CPU_BUF);
 		if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_BUG_MSBDS_ONLY) &&
 		    (mds_nosmt || cpu_mitigations_auto_nosmt()))
 			cpu_smt_disable(false);
@@ -602,7 +660,6 @@ out:
 
 static void __init md_clear_select_mitigation(void)
 {
-	mds_select_mitigation();
 	taa_select_mitigation();
 	mmio_select_mitigation();
 	rfds_select_mitigation();