From: Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@xxxxxxx>
A hardware limitation prevents the host from enabling Automatic IBRS
when SNP is enabled. Instead, fall back to retpolines.
Signed-off-by: Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Michael Roth <michael.roth@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index f9d060e71c3e..3fba3623ff64 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -1507,7 +1507,12 @@ static void __init spectre_v2_select_mitigation(void)
if (spectre_v2_in_ibrs_mode(mode)) {
if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_AUTOIBRS)) {
- msr_set_bit(MSR_EFER, _EFER_AUTOIBRS);
+ if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_SEV_SNP)) {
+ msr_set_bit(MSR_EFER, _EFER_AUTOIBRS);
+ } else {
+ pr_err("SNP feature available, not enabling AutoIBRS on the host.\n");
+ mode = spectre_v2_select_retpoline();
+ }
} else {
x86_spec_ctrl_base |= SPEC_CTRL_IBRS;
update_spec_ctrl(x86_spec_ctrl_base);
--
2.25.1
