mds_user_clear is only ever enabled in: o __init mds_select_mitigation() o __init taa_select_mitigation() o __init mmio_select_mitigation() mark it as __ro_after_init. Signed-off-by: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c index bb0ab8466b919..bab36096015d8 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(switch_mm_cond_ibpb); DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(switch_mm_always_ibpb); /* Control MDS CPU buffer clear before returning to user space */ -DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(mds_user_clear); +DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE_RO(mds_user_clear); EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mds_user_clear); /* Control MDS CPU buffer clear before idling (halt, mwait) */ DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(mds_idle_clear); -- 2.43.0