linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 11/20] x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for spectre

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Message-ID: <20250509162839.3057217-12-david.kaplan@amd.com>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2025 11:28:30 -0500
From: David Kaplan <david.kaplan@....com>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>,
	Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>, Ingo Molnar
	<mingo@...hat.com>, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
	<x86@...nel.org>, "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
CC: <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v5 11/20] x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for spectre_v1

Use attack vector controls to determine if spectre_v1 mitigation is
required.

Signed-off-by: David Kaplan <david.kaplan@....com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index 659455c5b38f..ad68130707c2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -1122,13 +1122,16 @@ static bool smap_works_speculatively(void)
 
 static void __init spectre_v1_select_mitigation(void)
 {
-	if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_SPECTRE_V1) || cpu_mitigations_off())
+	if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_SPECTRE_V1))
+		spectre_v1_mitigation = SPECTRE_V1_MITIGATION_NONE;
+
+	if (!should_mitigate_vuln(X86_BUG_SPECTRE_V1))
 		spectre_v1_mitigation = SPECTRE_V1_MITIGATION_NONE;
 }
 
 static void __init spectre_v1_apply_mitigation(void)
 {
-	if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_SPECTRE_V1) || cpu_mitigations_off())
+	if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_SPECTRE_V1))
 		return;
 
 	if (spectre_v1_mitigation == SPECTRE_V1_MITIGATION_AUTO) {
-- 
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