From: Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@xxxxxxx>
Without SEV-SNP, Automatic IBRS protects only the kernel. But when
SEV-SNP is enabled, the Automatic IBRS protection umbrella widens to all
host-side code, including userspace. This protection comes at a cost:
reduced userspace indirect branch performance.
To avoid this performance loss, don't use Automatic IBRS on SEV-SNP
hosts. Fall back to retpolines instead.
Signed-off-by: Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@xxxxxxx>
[mdr: squash in changes from review discussion]
Signed-off-by: Michael Roth <michael.roth@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 382d4e6b848d..11fae89b799e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -1357,8 +1357,13 @@ static void __init cpu_set_bug_bits(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
/*
* AMD's AutoIBRS is equivalent to Intel's eIBRS - use the Intel feature
* flag and protect from vendor-specific bugs via the whitelist.
+ *
+ * Don't use AutoIBRS when SNP is enabled because it degrades host
+ * userspace indirect branch performance.
*/
- if ((ia32_cap & ARCH_CAP_IBRS_ALL) || cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_AUTOIBRS)) {
+ if ((ia32_cap & ARCH_CAP_IBRS_ALL) ||
+ (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_AUTOIBRS) &&
+ !cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_SEV_SNP))) {
setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_IBRS_ENHANCED);
if (!cpu_matches(cpu_vuln_whitelist, NO_EIBRS_PBRSB) &&
!(ia32_cap & ARCH_CAP_PBRSB_NO))
--
2.25.1
