Commit a5ce9f2b authored by Borislav Petkov's avatar Borislav Petkov

x86/speculation: Merge one test in spectre_v2_user_select_mitigation()

Merge the test whether the CPU supports STIBP into the test which
determines whether STIBP is required. Thus try to simplify what is
already an insane logic.

Remove a superfluous newline in a comment, while at it.
Signed-off-by: default avatarBorislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Cc: Anthony Steinhauser <asteinhauser@google.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200615065806.GB14668@zn.tnic
parent b3a9e3b9
......@@ -763,10 +763,12 @@ spectre_v2_user_select_mitigation(enum spectre_v2_mitigation_cmd v2_cmd)
}
/*
* If enhanced IBRS is enabled or SMT impossible, STIBP is not
* If no STIBP, enhanced IBRS is enabled or SMT impossible, STIBP is not
* required.
*/
if (!smt_possible || spectre_v2_enabled == SPECTRE_V2_IBRS_ENHANCED)
if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_STIBP) ||
!smt_possible ||
spectre_v2_enabled == SPECTRE_V2_IBRS_ENHANCED)
return;
/*
......@@ -778,12 +780,6 @@ spectre_v2_user_select_mitigation(enum spectre_v2_mitigation_cmd v2_cmd)
boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_AMD_STIBP_ALWAYS_ON))
mode = SPECTRE_V2_USER_STRICT_PREFERRED;
/*
* If STIBP is not available, clear the STIBP mode.
*/
if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_STIBP))
mode = SPECTRE_V2_USER_NONE;
spectre_v2_user_stibp = mode;
set_mode:
......@@ -1270,7 +1266,6 @@ static int ib_prctl_set(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long ctrl)
* Indirect branch speculation is always disabled in strict
* mode. It can neither be enabled if it was force-disabled
* by a previous prctl call.
*/
if (spectre_v2_user_ibpb == SPECTRE_V2_USER_STRICT ||
spectre_v2_user_stibp == SPECTRE_V2_USER_STRICT ||
......
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