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Message-ID: <175225017409.406.12311808103426494557.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 16:09:34 -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>, x86@...nel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: x86/bugs] x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for spectre_v2

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

Commit-ID:     fdf99228e2f4e0486dc629e87fcece42abfe3f9c
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/fdf99228e2f4e0486dc629e87fcece42abfe3f9c
Author:        David Kaplan <david.kaplan@....com>
AuthorDate:    Mon, 07 Jul 2025 13:33:10 -05:00
Committer:     Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@...en8.de>
CommitterDate: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 17:56:41 +02:00

x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for spectre_v2

Use attack vector controls to determine if spectre_v2 mitigation is
required.

Signed-off-by: David Kaplan <david.kaplan@....com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@...en8.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250707183316.1349127-16-david.kaplan@amd.com
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index 2022f05..94c72f4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -2013,8 +2013,7 @@ static enum spectre_v2_mitigation_cmd __init spectre_v2_parse_cmdline(void)
 	int ret, i;
 
 	cmd = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MITIGATION_SPECTRE_V2) ?  SPECTRE_V2_CMD_AUTO : SPECTRE_V2_CMD_NONE;
-	if (cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line, "nospectre_v2") ||
-	    cpu_mitigations_off())
+	if (cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line, "nospectre_v2"))
 		return SPECTRE_V2_CMD_NONE;
 
 	ret = cmdline_find_option(boot_command_line, "spectre_v2", arg, sizeof(arg));
@@ -2286,8 +2285,11 @@ static void __init spectre_v2_select_mitigation(void)
 	case SPECTRE_V2_CMD_NONE:
 		return;
 
-	case SPECTRE_V2_CMD_FORCE:
 	case SPECTRE_V2_CMD_AUTO:
+		if (!should_mitigate_vuln(X86_BUG_SPECTRE_V2))
+			break;
+		fallthrough;
+	case SPECTRE_V2_CMD_FORCE:
 		if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_IBRS_ENHANCED)) {
 			spectre_v2_enabled = SPECTRE_V2_EIBRS;
 			break;
@@ -2341,7 +2343,7 @@ static void __init spectre_v2_update_mitigation(void)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_SPECTRE_V2) && !cpu_mitigations_off())
+	if (boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_SPECTRE_V2))
 		pr_info("%s\n", spectre_v2_strings[spectre_v2_enabled]);
 }