The check is performed when either switch_mm_cond_ibpb or switch_mm_always_ibpb is set. In both cases, X86_FEATURE_USE_IBPB is always set. Remove the redundant check. Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@xxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/mm/tlb.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c b/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c index be0c1a509869c..e860fc8edfae4 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c @@ -437,8 +437,7 @@ static void cond_mitigation(struct task_struct *next) * both have the IBPB bit set. */ if (next_mm != prev_mm && - (next_mm | prev_mm) & LAST_USER_MM_IBPB && - cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_USE_IBPB)) + (next_mm | prev_mm) & LAST_USER_MM_IBPB) indirect_branch_prediction_barrier(); } @@ -448,8 +447,7 @@ static void cond_mitigation(struct task_struct *next) * different context than the user space task which ran * last on this CPU. */ - if ((prev_mm & ~LAST_USER_MM_SPEC_MASK) != (unsigned long)next->mm && - cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_USE_IBPB)) + if ((prev_mm & ~LAST_USER_MM_SPEC_MASK) != (unsigned long)next->mm) indirect_branch_prediction_barrier(); } -- 2.48.1.601.g30ceb7b040-goog
