On Fri, Oct 18, 2024 at 04:44:21PM +0200, gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h > @@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ > #define X86_FEATURE_SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_DISABLE ( 7*32+23) /* "" Disable Speculative Store Bypass. */ > #define X86_FEATURE_LS_CFG_SSBD ( 7*32+24) /* "" AMD SSBD implementation via LS_CFG MSR */ > #define X86_FEATURE_IBRS ( 7*32+25) /* Indirect Branch Restricted Speculation */ > -#define X86_FEATURE_IBPB ( 7*32+26) /* Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier */ > +#define X86_FEATURE_IBPB ( 7*32+26) /* "ibpb" Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier without a guaranteed RSB flush */ > #define X86_FEATURE_STIBP ( 7*32+27) /* Single Thread Indirect Branch Predictors */ > #define X86_FEATURE_ZEN ( 7*32+28) /* "" CPU is AMD family 0x17 (Zen) */ > #define X86_FEATURE_L1TF_PTEINV ( 7*32+29) /* "" L1TF workaround PTE inversion */ > @@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ > #define X86_FEATURE_VIRT_SSBD (13*32+25) /* Virtualized Speculative Store Bypass Disable */ > #define X86_FEATURE_AMD_SSB_NO (13*32+26) /* "" Speculative Store Bypass is fixed in hardware. */ > #define X86_FEATURE_BTC_NO (13*32+29) /* "" Not vulnerable to Branch Type Confusion */ > +#define X86_FEATURE_AMD_IBPB_RET (13*32+30) /* IBPB clears return address predictor */ Right, so in all kernels before 6.11 that line should be +#define X86_FEATURE_AMD_IBPB_RET (13*32+30) /* "" IBPB clears return address predictor */ note the "" in the comment - it is magical - because otherwise you'll start getting "amd_ibpb_ret" in /proc/cpuinfo and we don't necessarily want that. The commit that changed the logic is: 78ce84b9e0a5 ("x86/cpufeatures: Flip the /proc/cpuinfo appearance logic") and is in 6.11. Thx. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette