From: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@xxxxxxxxx> commit 9dbd23e42ff0b10c9b02c9e649c76e5228241a8e upstream. The goal is to eventually have a proper documentation about all this. Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@xxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230814164447.GFZNpZ/64H4lENIe94@fat_crate.local Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) --- a/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S +++ b/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S @@ -128,6 +128,25 @@ SYM_CODE_START(srso_alias_return_thunk) SYM_CODE_END(srso_alias_return_thunk) /* + * Some generic notes on the untraining sequences: + * + * They are interchangeable when it comes to flushing potentially wrong + * RET predictions from the BTB. + * + * The SRSO Zen1/2 (MOVABS) untraining sequence is longer than the + * Retbleed sequence because the return sequence done there + * (srso_safe_ret()) is longer and the return sequence must fully nest + * (end before) the untraining sequence. Therefore, the untraining + * sequence must fully overlap the return sequence. + * + * Regarding alignment - the instructions which need to be untrained, + * must all start at a cacheline boundary for Zen1/2 generations. That + * is, instruction sequences starting at srso_safe_ret() and + * the respective instruction sequences at retbleed_return_thunk() + * must start at a cacheline boundary. + */ + +/* * Safety details here pertain to the AMD Zen{1,2} microarchitecture: * 1) The RET at retbleed_return_thunk must be on a 64 byte boundary, for * alignment within the BTB.
