The following commit has been merged into the x86/bugs branch of tip:
Commit-ID: c17312ac07853597500572e91a0469169f73058f
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/c17312ac07853597500572e91a0469169f73058f
Author: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Fri, 25 Aug 2023 00:01:32 -07:00
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Fri, 25 Aug 2023 11:21:58 +02:00
x86/srso: Fix srso_show_state() side effect
Reading the 'spec_rstack_overflow' sysfs file can trigger an unnecessary
MSR write, and possibly even a (handled) exception if the microcode
hasn't been updated.
Avoid all that by just checking X86_FEATURE_IBPB_BRTYPE instead, which
gets set by srso_select_mitigation() if the updated microcode exists.
Fixes: fb3bd914b3ec ("x86/srso: Add a Speculative RAS Overflow mitigation")
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@xxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/40b2e6af3a94d2c6eb9a3afaa63f34ee910a17d0.1692919072.git.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 f081d26..bdd3e29 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -2717,7 +2717,7 @@ static ssize_t srso_show_state(char *buf)
return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s%s\n",
srso_strings[srso_mitigation],
- (cpu_has_ibpb_brtype_microcode() ? "" : ", no microcode"));
+ boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_IBPB_BRTYPE) ? "" : ", no microcode");
}
static ssize_t gds_show_state(char *buf)
|