4.14-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Tom Lendacky thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx commit 845d382bb15c6e7dc5026c0ff919c5b13fc7e11b upstream If either the X86_FEATURE_AMD_SSBD or X86_FEATURE_VIRT_SSBD features are present, then there is no need to perform the check for the LS_CFG SSBD mitigation support. Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bpetkov@xxxxxxx> Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180702213553.29202.21089.stgit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c @@ -554,7 +554,9 @@ static void bsp_init_amd(struct cpuinfo_ nodes_per_socket = ((value >> 3) & 7) + 1; } - if (c->x86 >= 0x15 && c->x86 <= 0x17) { + if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_AMD_SSBD) && + !boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_VIRT_SSBD) && + c->x86 >= 0x15 && c->x86 <= 0x17) { unsigned int bit; switch (c->x86) {