This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled x86/speculation: Clean up spectre_v2_parse_cmdline() to the 4.14-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: x86speculation_Clean_up_spectre_v2_parse_cmdline().patch and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. Subject: x86/speculation: Clean up spectre_v2_parse_cmdline() From: Tim Chen tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Sun Nov 25 19:33:30 2018 +0100 From: Tim Chen tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx commit 24848509aa55eac39d524b587b051f4e86df3c12 upstream Remove the unnecessary 'else' statement in spectre_v2_parse_cmdline() to save an indentation level. Signed-off-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx> Cc: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx> Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Casey Schaufler <casey.schaufler@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Asit Mallick <asit.k.mallick@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jon Masters <jcm@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Waiman Long <longman9394@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dave Stewart <david.c.stewart@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181125185003.688010903@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 27 +++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c @@ -275,22 +275,21 @@ static enum spectre_v2_mitigation_cmd __ if (cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line, "nospectre_v2")) return SPECTRE_V2_CMD_NONE; - else { - ret = cmdline_find_option(boot_command_line, "spectre_v2", arg, sizeof(arg)); - if (ret < 0) - return SPECTRE_V2_CMD_AUTO; - for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(mitigation_options); i++) { - if (!match_option(arg, ret, mitigation_options[i].option)) - continue; - cmd = mitigation_options[i].cmd; - break; - } + ret = cmdline_find_option(boot_command_line, "spectre_v2", arg, sizeof(arg)); + if (ret < 0) + return SPECTRE_V2_CMD_AUTO; - if (i >= ARRAY_SIZE(mitigation_options)) { - pr_err("unknown option (%s). Switching to AUTO select\n", arg); - return SPECTRE_V2_CMD_AUTO; - } + for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(mitigation_options); i++) { + if (!match_option(arg, ret, mitigation_options[i].option)) + continue; + cmd = mitigation_options[i].cmd; + break; + } + + if (i >= ARRAY_SIZE(mitigation_options)) { + pr_err("unknown option (%s). Switching to AUTO select\n", arg); + return SPECTRE_V2_CMD_AUTO; } if ((cmd == SPECTRE_V2_CMD_RETPOLINE || Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-4.14/x86speculation_Prepare_for_conditional_IBPB_in_switch_mm.patch queue-4.14/x86speculation_Rework_SMT_state_change.patch queue-4.14/x86Kconfig_Select_SCHED_SMT_if_SMP_enabled.patch queue-4.14/x86speculation_Move_STIPBIBPB_string_conditionals_out_of_cpu_show_common().patch queue-4.14/x86speculation_Propagate_information_about_RSB_filling_mitigation_to_sysfs.patch queue-4.14/x86speculation_Prepare_arch_smt_update_for_PRCTL_mode.patch queue-4.14/x86speculation_Enable_cross-hyperthread_spectre_v2_STIBP_mitigation.patch queue-4.14/x86speculation_Prevent_stale_SPEC_CTRL_msr_content.patch queue-4.14/ptrace_Remove_unused_ptrace_may_access_sched_and_MODE_IBRS.patch queue-4.14/x86speculation_Mark_string_arrays_const_correctly.patch queue-4.14/x86process_Consolidate_and_simplify_switch_to_xtra_code.patch queue-4.14/x86speculation_Apply_IBPB_more_strictly_to_avoid_cross-process_data_leak.patch queue-4.14/x86speculation_Enable_prctl_mode_for_spectre_v2_user.patch queue-4.14/x86speculation_Rename_SSBD_update_functions.patch queue-4.14/x86speculation_Add_command_line_control_for_indirect_branch_speculation.patch queue-4.14/x86l1tf_Show_actual_SMT_state.patch queue-4.14/x86speculation_Split_out_TIF_update.patch queue-4.14/schedsmt_Make_sched_smt_present_track_topology.patch queue-4.14/schedsmt_Expose_sched_smt_present_static_key.patch queue-4.14/x86speculation_Reorder_the_spec_v2_code.patch queue-4.14/x86speculation_Add_prctl()_control_for_indirect_branch_speculation.patch queue-4.14/x86speculation_Provide_IBPB_always_command_line_options.patch queue-4.14/x86speculation_Prepare_for_per_task_indirect_branch_speculation_control.patch queue-4.14/x86speculataion_Mark_command_line_parser_data___initdata.patch queue-4.14/x86speculation_Disable_STIBP_when_enhanced_IBRS_is_in_use.patch queue-4.14/x86speculation_Reorganize_speculation_control_MSRs_update.patch queue-4.14/x86speculation_Clean_up_spectre_v2_parse_cmdline().patch queue-4.14/x86speculation_Update_the_TIF_SSBD_comment.patch queue-4.14/x86speculation_Add_seccomp_Spectre_v2_user_space_protection_mode.patch queue-4.14/x86speculation_Unify_conditional_spectre_v2_print_functions.patch queue-4.14/x86speculation_Avoid___switch_to_xtra_calls.patch queue-4.14/x86speculation_Remove_unnecessary_ret_variable_in_cpu_show_common().patch