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Message-ID: <20250811142659.152248-4-david.kaplan@amd.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2025 09:26:59 -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 3/3] x86/bugs: Simplify SSB cmdline parsing

Simplify the SSB command line parsing by selecting a mitigation directly,
as is done in most of the simpler vulnerabilities.  Use early_param instead
of cmdline_find_option for consistency with the other mitigation
selections.

Signed-off-by: David Kaplan <david.kaplan@....com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 118 ++++++++++++-------------------------
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 79 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index 19a3891953c3..3766dff9a699 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -2625,16 +2625,8 @@ void cpu_bugs_smt_update(void)
 #undef pr_fmt
 #define pr_fmt(fmt)	"Speculative Store Bypass: " fmt
 
-static enum ssb_mitigation ssb_mode __ro_after_init = SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_NONE;
-
-/* The kernel command line selection */
-enum ssb_mitigation_cmd {
-	SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_NONE,
-	SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_AUTO,
-	SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_ON,
-	SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_PRCTL,
-	SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_SECCOMP,
-};
+static enum ssb_mitigation ssb_mode __ro_after_init =
+	IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MITIGATION_SSB) ? SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_PRCTL : SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_NONE;
 
 static const char * const ssb_strings[] = {
 	[SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_NONE]	= "Vulnerable",
@@ -2643,89 +2635,57 @@ static const char * const ssb_strings[] = {
 	[SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_SECCOMP]	= "Mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp",
 };
 
-static const struct {
-	const char *option;
-	enum ssb_mitigation_cmd cmd;
-} ssb_mitigation_options[]  __initconst = {
-	{ "auto",	SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_AUTO },    /* Platform decides */
-	{ "on",		SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_ON },      /* Disable Speculative Store Bypass */
-	{ "off",	SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_NONE },    /* Don't touch Speculative Store Bypass */
-	{ "prctl",	SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_PRCTL },   /* Disable Speculative Store Bypass via prctl */
-	{ "seccomp",	SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_SECCOMP }, /* Disable Speculative Store Bypass via prctl and seccomp */
-};
+static bool nossb __ro_after_init;
 
-static enum ssb_mitigation_cmd __init ssb_parse_cmdline(void)
+static int __init nossb_parse_cmdline(char *str)
 {
-	enum ssb_mitigation_cmd cmd;
-	char arg[20];
-	int ret, i;
+	nossb = true;
+	ssb_mode = SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_NONE;
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("nospec_store_bypass_disable", nossb_parse_cmdline);
 
-	cmd = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MITIGATION_SSB) ?
-		SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_AUTO : SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_NONE;
-	if (cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line, "nospec_store_bypass_disable") ||
-	    cpu_mitigations_off()) {
-		return SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_NONE;
-	} else {
-		ret = cmdline_find_option(boot_command_line, "spec_store_bypass_disable",
-					  arg, sizeof(arg));
-		if (ret < 0)
-			return cmd;
+static int __init ssb_parse_cmdline(char *str)
+{
+	if (!str)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
-		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(ssb_mitigation_options); i++) {
-			if (!match_option(arg, ret, ssb_mitigation_options[i].option))
-				continue;
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MITIGATION_SSB))
+		return 0;
 
-			cmd = ssb_mitigation_options[i].cmd;
-			break;
-		}
+	if (nossb)
+		return 0;
 
-		if (i >= ARRAY_SIZE(ssb_mitigation_options)) {
-			pr_err("unknown option (%s). Switching to default mode\n", arg);
-			return cmd;
-		}
-	}
+	if (!strcmp(str, "auto"))
+		ssb_mode = SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_PRCTL;
+	else if (!strcmp(str, "on"))
+		ssb_mode = SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_DISABLE;
+	else if (!strcmp(str, "off"))
+		ssb_mode = SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_NONE;
+	else if (!strcmp(str, "prctl"))
+		ssb_mode = SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_PRCTL;
+	else if (!strcmp(str, "seccomp"))
+		ssb_mode = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SECCOMP) ?
+			SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_SECCOMP : SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_PRCTL;
+	else
+		pr_err("Ignoring unknown spec_store_bypass_disable option (%s).\n",
+			str);
 
-	return cmd;
+	return 0;
 }
+early_param("spec_store_bypass_disable", ssb_parse_cmdline);
 
 static void __init ssb_select_mitigation(void)
 {
-	enum ssb_mitigation_cmd cmd;
-
-	if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SSBD))
-		goto out;
-
-	cmd = ssb_parse_cmdline();
-	if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_SPEC_STORE_BYPASS) &&
-	    (cmd == SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_NONE ||
-	     cmd == SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_AUTO))
+	if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_SPEC_STORE_BYPASS) || cpu_mitigations_off()) {
+		ssb_mode = SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_NONE;
 		return;
-
-	switch (cmd) {
-	case SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_SECCOMP:
-		/*
-		 * Choose prctl+seccomp as the default mode if seccomp is
-		 * enabled.
-		 */
-		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SECCOMP))
-			ssb_mode = SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_SECCOMP;
-		else
-			ssb_mode = SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_PRCTL;
-		break;
-	case SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_ON:
-		ssb_mode = SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_DISABLE;
-		break;
-	case SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_AUTO:
-	case SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_PRCTL:
-		ssb_mode = SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_PRCTL;
-		break;
-	case SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_NONE:
-		break;
 	}
 
-out:
-	if (boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_SPEC_STORE_BYPASS))
-		pr_info("%s\n", ssb_strings[ssb_mode]);
+	if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SSBD))
+		ssb_mode = SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_NONE;
+
+	pr_info("%s\n", ssb_strings[ssb_mode]);
 }
 
 static void __init ssb_apply_mitigation(void)
-- 
2.34.1


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