linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 06/11] x86/vmscape: Move mitigation selection to a switch()

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Message-ID: <20251119-vmscape-bhb-v4-6-1adad4e69ddc@linux.intel.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 22:19:04 -0800
From: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>
To: x86@...nel.org, David Kaplan <david.kaplan@....com>,
	Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@...e.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>,
	Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	Asit Mallick <asit.k.mallick@...el.com>,
	Tao Zhang <tao1.zhang@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 06/11] x86/vmscape: Move mitigation selection to a switch()

This ensures that all mitigation modes are explicitly handled, while
keeping the mitigation selection for each mode together. This also prepares
for adding BHB-clearing mitigation mode for VMSCAPE.

Signed-off-by: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index 1e9b11198db0fe2483bd17b1327bcfd44a2c1dbf..233594ede19bf971c999f4d3cc0f6f213002c16c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -3231,17 +3231,31 @@ early_param("vmscape", vmscape_parse_cmdline);
 
 static void __init vmscape_select_mitigation(void)
 {
-	if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_VMSCAPE) ||
-	    !boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_IBPB)) {
+	if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_VMSCAPE)) {
 		vmscape_mitigation = VMSCAPE_MITIGATION_NONE;
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (vmscape_mitigation == VMSCAPE_MITIGATION_AUTO) {
-		if (should_mitigate_vuln(X86_BUG_VMSCAPE))
+	if ((vmscape_mitigation == VMSCAPE_MITIGATION_AUTO) &&
+	    !should_mitigate_vuln(X86_BUG_VMSCAPE))
+		vmscape_mitigation = VMSCAPE_MITIGATION_NONE;
+
+	switch (vmscape_mitigation) {
+	case VMSCAPE_MITIGATION_NONE:
+		break;
+
+	case VMSCAPE_MITIGATION_IBPB_ON_VMEXIT:
+	case VMSCAPE_MITIGATION_IBPB_EXIT_TO_USER:
+		if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_IBPB))
+			vmscape_mitigation = VMSCAPE_MITIGATION_NONE;
+		break;
+
+	case VMSCAPE_MITIGATION_AUTO:
+		if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_IBPB))
 			vmscape_mitigation = VMSCAPE_MITIGATION_IBPB_EXIT_TO_USER;
 		else
 			vmscape_mitigation = VMSCAPE_MITIGATION_NONE;
+		break;
 	}
 }
 

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