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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h2
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c18
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/process.c2
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
index bac243da5130..b6abf0c6b41d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ static inline void indirect_branch_prediction_barrier(void)
/* The Intel SPEC CTRL MSR base value cache */
extern u64 x86_spec_ctrl_base;
-extern void write_spec_ctrl_current(u64 val);
+extern void write_spec_ctrl_current(u64 val, bool force);
/*
* With retpoline, we must use IBRS to restrict branch prediction
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index ce7435593c3e..8f7c8dfbdbb4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -63,13 +63,19 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(spec_ctrl_mutex);
* Keep track of the SPEC_CTRL MSR value for the current task, which may differ
* from x86_spec_ctrl_base due to STIBP/SSB in __speculation_ctrl_update().
*/
-void write_spec_ctrl_current(u64 val)
+void write_spec_ctrl_current(u64 val, bool force)
{
if (this_cpu_read(x86_spec_ctrl_current) == val)
return;
this_cpu_write(x86_spec_ctrl_current, val);
- wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL, val);
+
+ /*
+ * When KERNEL_IBRS this MSR is written on return-to-user, unless
+ * forced the update can be delayed until that time.
+ */
+ if (force || !cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_KERNEL_IBRS))
+ wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL, val);
}
/*
@@ -1297,7 +1303,7 @@ static void __init spectre_v2_select_mitigation(void)
if (spectre_v2_in_eibrs_mode(mode)) {
/* Force it so VMEXIT will restore correctly */
x86_spec_ctrl_base |= SPEC_CTRL_IBRS;
- write_spec_ctrl_current(x86_spec_ctrl_base);
+ write_spec_ctrl_current(x86_spec_ctrl_base, true);
}
switch (mode) {
@@ -1352,7 +1358,7 @@ static void __init spectre_v2_select_mitigation(void)
static void update_stibp_msr(void * __unused)
{
- write_spec_ctrl_current(x86_spec_ctrl_base);
+ write_spec_ctrl_current(x86_spec_ctrl_base, true);
}
/* Update x86_spec_ctrl_base in case SMT state changed. */
@@ -1595,7 +1601,7 @@ static enum ssb_mitigation __init __ssb_select_mitigation(void)
x86_amd_ssb_disable();
} else {
x86_spec_ctrl_base |= SPEC_CTRL_SSBD;
- write_spec_ctrl_current(x86_spec_ctrl_base);
+ write_spec_ctrl_current(x86_spec_ctrl_base, true);
}
}
@@ -1846,7 +1852,7 @@ int arch_prctl_spec_ctrl_get(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long which)
void x86_spec_ctrl_setup_ap(void)
{
if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_MSR_SPEC_CTRL))
- write_spec_ctrl_current(x86_spec_ctrl_base);
+ write_spec_ctrl_current(x86_spec_ctrl_base, true);
if (ssb_mode == SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_DISABLE)
x86_amd_ssb_disable();
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index 05611f66d013..d456ce21c255 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ static __always_inline void __speculation_ctrl_update(unsigned long tifp,
}
if (updmsr)
- write_spec_ctrl_current(msr);
+ write_spec_ctrl_current(msr, false);
}
static unsigned long speculation_ctrl_update_tif(struct task_struct *tsk)