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| author | Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org> | 2024-04-10 22:40:50 -0700 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2024-04-12 12:05:54 +0200 |
| commit | 36d4fe147c870f6d3f6602befd7ef44393a1c87a (patch) | |
| tree | dc661efcbf9df6eb054f91302e3d59ff9299b33f /arch | |
| parent | 5f882f3b0a8bf0788d5a0ee44b1191de5319bb8a (diff) | |
| download | lwn-36d4fe147c870f6d3f6602befd7ef44393a1c87a.tar.gz lwn-36d4fe147c870f6d3f6602befd7ef44393a1c87a.zip | |
x86/bugs: Remove CONFIG_BHI_MITIGATION_AUTO and spectre_bhi=auto
Unlike most other mitigations' "auto" options, spectre_bhi=auto only
mitigates newer systems, which is confusing and not particularly useful.
Remove it.
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@suse.com>
Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/412e9dc87971b622bbbaf64740ebc1f140bff343.1712813475.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org
Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/Kconfig | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 10 |
2 files changed, 1 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index 10a6251f58f3..b63b6767a63d 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -2651,11 +2651,6 @@ config SPECTRE_BHI_OFF bool "off" help Equivalent to setting spectre_bhi=off command line parameter. -config SPECTRE_BHI_AUTO - bool "auto" - depends on BROKEN - help - Equivalent to setting spectre_bhi=auto command line parameter. endchoice diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c index 9eeb60f5fbb3..6af4780a18ed 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c @@ -1625,13 +1625,10 @@ static bool __init spec_ctrl_bhi_dis(void) enum bhi_mitigations { BHI_MITIGATION_OFF, BHI_MITIGATION_ON, - BHI_MITIGATION_AUTO, }; static enum bhi_mitigations bhi_mitigation __ro_after_init = - IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SPECTRE_BHI_ON) ? BHI_MITIGATION_ON : - IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SPECTRE_BHI_OFF) ? BHI_MITIGATION_OFF : - BHI_MITIGATION_AUTO; + IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SPECTRE_BHI_ON) ? BHI_MITIGATION_ON : BHI_MITIGATION_OFF; static int __init spectre_bhi_parse_cmdline(char *str) { @@ -1642,8 +1639,6 @@ static int __init spectre_bhi_parse_cmdline(char *str) bhi_mitigation = BHI_MITIGATION_OFF; else if (!strcmp(str, "on")) bhi_mitigation = BHI_MITIGATION_ON; - else if (!strcmp(str, "auto")) - bhi_mitigation = BHI_MITIGATION_AUTO; else pr_err("Ignoring unknown spectre_bhi option (%s)", str); @@ -1673,9 +1668,6 @@ static void __init bhi_select_mitigation(void) setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_BHB_LOOP_ON_VMEXIT); pr_info("Spectre BHI mitigation: SW BHB clearing on vm exit\n"); - if (bhi_mitigation == BHI_MITIGATION_AUTO) - return; - /* Mitigate syscalls when the mitigation is forced =on */ setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_BHB_LOOP); pr_info("Spectre BHI mitigation: SW BHB clearing on syscall\n"); |