linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH 10/56] x86/bugs: Reset MDS mitigations

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Message-ID: <20251013143444.3999-11-david.kaplan@amd.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 09:33:58 -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: Alexander Graf <graf@...zon.com>, Boris Ostrovsky
	<boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 10/56] x86/bugs: Reset MDS mitigations

Add function to reset MDS mitigations back to their boot-time defaults.

Signed-off-by: David Kaplan <david.kaplan@....com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index b61bbeaf82b1..5668a8b8821b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -554,6 +554,16 @@ static void __init mds_apply_mitigation(void)
 	}
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_MITIGATIONS
+static void mds_reset_mitigation(void)
+{
+	setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_CPU_BUF);
+	static_branch_disable(&cpu_buf_idle_clear);
+	mds_mitigation = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MITIGATION_MDS) ?
+		MDS_MITIGATION_AUTO : MDS_MITIGATION_OFF;
+}
+#endif
+
 static int __init mds_cmdline(char *str)
 {
 	if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_MDS))
@@ -3891,5 +3901,6 @@ void arch_cpu_reset_mitigations(void)
 	spectre_v2_user_reset_mitigation();
 	ssb_reset_mitigation();
 	l1tf_reset_mitigation();
+	mds_reset_mitigation();
 }
 #endif
-- 
2.34.1