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    arm64: ssbs: Fix context-switch when SSBS is present on all CPUs · fca3d33d
    Will Deacon authored
    When all CPUs in the system implement the SSBS extension, the SSBS field
    in PSTATE is the definitive indication of the mitigation state. Further,
    when the CPUs implement the SSBS manipulation instructions (advertised
    to userspace via an HWCAP), EL0 can toggle the SSBS field directly and
    so we cannot rely on any shadow state such as TIF_SSBD at all.
    
    Avoid forcing the SSBS field in context-switch on such a system, and
    simply rely on the PSTATE register instead.
    
    Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
    Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
    Cc: Srinivas Ramana <sramana@codeaurora.org>
    Fixes: cbdf8a18 ("arm64: Force SSBS on context switch")
    Reviewed-by: default avatarMarc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarWill Deacon <will@kernel.org>
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