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Message-ID: <175075954607.406.7576046067785357125.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2025 10:05:46 -0000
From: "tip-bot2 for Pawan Gupta" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To: linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>,
 "Borislav Petkov (AMD)" <bp@...en8.de>, x86@...nel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: x86/bugs] x86/bugs: Remove its=stuff dependency on retbleed

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

Commit-ID:     e2a9c03192f54bb53a5422bf5106bdc4d04a7426
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/e2a9c03192f54bb53a5422bf5106bdc4d04a7426
Author:        Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>
AuthorDate:    Wed, 11 Jun 2025 10:30:18 -07:00
Committer:     Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@...en8.de>
CommitterDate: Mon, 23 Jun 2025 12:29:04 +02:00

x86/bugs: Remove its=stuff dependency on retbleed

Allow ITS to enable stuffing independent of retbleed. The dependency is only
on retpoline. It is a valid case for retbleed to be mitigated by eIBRS while
ITS deploys stuffing at the same time.

Signed-off-by: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@...en8.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250611-eibrs-fix-v4-6-5ff86cac6c61@linux.intel.com
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 14 ++++++--------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index 387610a..31f3db0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -1467,13 +1467,8 @@ static void __init its_update_mitigation(void)
 		break;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * retbleed_update_mitigation() will try to do stuffing if its=stuff.
-	 * If it can't, such as if spectre_v2!=retpoline, then fall back to
-	 * aligned thunks.
-	 */
 	if (its_mitigation == ITS_MITIGATION_RETPOLINE_STUFF &&
-	    retbleed_mitigation != RETBLEED_MITIGATION_STUFF)
+	    !cdt_possible(spectre_v2_enabled))
 		its_mitigation = ITS_MITIGATION_ALIGNED_THUNKS;
 
 	pr_info("%s\n", its_strings[its_mitigation]);
@@ -1485,8 +1480,6 @@ static void __init its_apply_mitigation(void)
 	case ITS_MITIGATION_OFF:
 	case ITS_MITIGATION_AUTO:
 	case ITS_MITIGATION_VMEXIT_ONLY:
-	/* its=stuff forces retbleed stuffing and is enabled there. */
-	case ITS_MITIGATION_RETPOLINE_STUFF:
 		break;
 	case ITS_MITIGATION_ALIGNED_THUNKS:
 		if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE))
@@ -1495,6 +1488,11 @@ static void __init its_apply_mitigation(void)
 		setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_RETHUNK);
 		set_return_thunk(its_return_thunk);
 		break;
+	case ITS_MITIGATION_RETPOLINE_STUFF:
+		setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_RETHUNK);
+		setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_CALL_DEPTH);
+		set_return_thunk(call_depth_return_thunk);
+		break;
 	}
 }