4.17-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Nicolai Stange <nstange@xxxxxxx> commit 427362a142441f08051369db6fbe7f61c73b3dca upstream The vmx_l1d_flush_always static key is only ever evaluated if vmx_l1d_should_flush is enabled. In that case however, there are only two L1d flushing modes possible: "always" and "conditional". The "conditional" mode's implementation tends to require more sophisticated logic than the "always" mode. Avoid inverted logic by replacing the 'vmx_l1d_flush_always' static key with a 'vmx_l1d_flush_cond' one. There is no change in functionality. Signed-off-by: Nicolai Stange <nstange@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c @@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ module_param(ple_window_max, uint, 0444) extern const ulong vmx_return; static DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(vmx_l1d_should_flush); -static DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(vmx_l1d_flush_always); +static DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(vmx_l1d_flush_cond); static DEFINE_MUTEX(vmx_l1d_flush_mutex); /* Storage for pre module init parameter parsing */ @@ -263,10 +263,10 @@ static int vmx_setup_l1d_flush(enum vmx_ else static_branch_disable(&vmx_l1d_should_flush); - if (l1tf == VMENTER_L1D_FLUSH_ALWAYS) - static_branch_enable(&vmx_l1d_flush_always); + if (l1tf == VMENTER_L1D_FLUSH_COND) + static_branch_enable(&vmx_l1d_flush_cond); else - static_branch_disable(&vmx_l1d_flush_always); + static_branch_disable(&vmx_l1d_flush_cond); return 0; } @@ -9462,7 +9462,7 @@ static void vmx_l1d_flush(struct kvm_vcp * This code is only executed when the the flush mode is 'cond' or * 'always' */ - if (!static_branch_unlikely(&vmx_l1d_flush_always)) { + if (static_branch_likely(&vmx_l1d_flush_cond)) { /* * Clear the flush bit, it gets set again either from * vcpu_run() or from one of the unsafe VMEXIT