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author | Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org> | 2024-04-11 08:40:50 +0300 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2024-04-12 13:05:54 +0300 |
commit | 36d4fe147c870f6d3f6602befd7ef44393a1c87a (patch) | |
tree | dc661efcbf9df6eb054f91302e3d59ff9299b33f | |
parent | 5f882f3b0a8bf0788d5a0ee44b1191de5319bb8a (diff) | |
download | linux-36d4fe147c870f6d3f6602befd7ef44393a1c87a.tar.xz |
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
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/Kconfig | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 10 |
4 files changed, 1 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst index 5a39acf82483..25a04cda4c2c 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst @@ -669,10 +669,6 @@ kernel command line. needed. off Disable the mitigation. - auto - Enable the HW mitigation if needed, but - *don't* enable the SW mitigation except for KVM. - The system may be vulnerable. For spectre_v2_user see Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index a3874cc97892..902ecd92a29f 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -6072,9 +6072,6 @@ on - (default) Enable the HW or SW mitigation as needed. off - Disable the mitigation. - auto - Enable the HW mitigation if needed, but - *don't* enable the SW mitigation except - for KVM. The system may be vulnerable. spectre_v2= [X86,EARLY] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2 (indirect branch speculation) vulnerability. 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"); |