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Message-ID: <175225018305.406.13111141914791060768.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 16:09:43 -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 MDS

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

Commit-ID:     e3a88d4c068242c00a1d6ddfd3c711fc22983f75
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/e3a88d4c068242c00a1d6ddfd3c711fc22983f75
Author:        David Kaplan <david.kaplan@....com>
AuthorDate:    Mon, 07 Jul 2025 13:33:00 -05:00
Committer:     Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@...en8.de>
CommitterDate: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 17:56:40 +02:00

x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for MDS

Use attack vector controls to determine if MDS mitigation is required.
The global mitigations=off command now simply disables all attack vectors
so explicit checking of mitigations=off is no longer needed.

If cross-thread attack mitigations are required, disable SMT.

Signed-off-by: David Kaplan <david.kaplan@....com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@...en8.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250707183316.1349127-6-david.kaplan@amd.com
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 14 +++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index b083e7e..31e0cf8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -441,13 +441,17 @@ 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()) {
+	if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_MDS)) {
 		mds_mitigation = MDS_MITIGATION_OFF;
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (mds_mitigation == MDS_MITIGATION_AUTO)
-		mds_mitigation = MDS_MITIGATION_FULL;
+	if (mds_mitigation == MDS_MITIGATION_AUTO) {
+		if (should_mitigate_vuln(X86_BUG_MDS))
+			mds_mitigation = MDS_MITIGATION_FULL;
+		else
+			mds_mitigation = MDS_MITIGATION_OFF;
+	}
 
 	if (mds_mitigation == MDS_MITIGATION_OFF)
 		return;
@@ -457,7 +461,7 @@ static void __init mds_select_mitigation(void)
 
 static void __init mds_update_mitigation(void)
 {
-	if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_MDS) || cpu_mitigations_off())
+	if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_MDS))
 		return;
 
 	/* If TAA, MMIO, or RFDS are being mitigated, MDS gets mitigated too. */
@@ -478,7 +482,7 @@ static void __init mds_apply_mitigation(void)
 	    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()))
+		    (mds_nosmt || smt_mitigations == SMT_MITIGATIONS_ON))
 			cpu_smt_disable(false);
 	}
 }