x86/speculation: Remove x86_spec_ctrl_mask
authorJosh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Fri, 17 Jun 2022 19:12:48 +0000 (12:12 -0700)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Sat, 23 Jul 2022 10:54:07 +0000 (12:54 +0200)
commit acac5e98ef8d638a411cfa2ee676c87e1973f126 upstream.

This mask has been made redundant by kvm_spec_ctrl_test_value().  And it
doesn't even work when MSR interception is disabled, as the guest can
just write to SPEC_CTRL directly.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c

index 89d6b5e..2d89f8e 100644 (file)
@@ -86,12 +86,6 @@ u64 spec_ctrl_current(void)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(spec_ctrl_current);
 
 /*
- * The vendor and possibly platform specific bits which can be modified in
- * x86_spec_ctrl_base.
- */
-static u64 __ro_after_init x86_spec_ctrl_mask = SPEC_CTRL_IBRS;
-
-/*
  * AMD specific MSR info for Speculative Store Bypass control.
  * x86_amd_ls_cfg_ssbd_mask is initialized in identify_boot_cpu().
  */
@@ -146,10 +140,6 @@ void __init check_bugs(void)
        if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_MSR_SPEC_CTRL))
                rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL, x86_spec_ctrl_base);
 
-       /* Allow STIBP in MSR_SPEC_CTRL if supported */
-       if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_STIBP))
-               x86_spec_ctrl_mask |= SPEC_CTRL_STIBP;
-
        /* Select the proper CPU mitigations before patching alternatives: */
        spectre_v1_select_mitigation();
        spectre_v2_select_mitigation();
@@ -208,19 +198,10 @@ void __init check_bugs(void)
 void
 x86_virt_spec_ctrl(u64 guest_spec_ctrl, u64 guest_virt_spec_ctrl, bool setguest)
 {
-       u64 msrval, guestval, hostval = spec_ctrl_current();
+       u64 msrval, guestval = guest_spec_ctrl, hostval = spec_ctrl_current();
        struct thread_info *ti = current_thread_info();
 
-       /* Is MSR_SPEC_CTRL implemented ? */
        if (static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_MSR_SPEC_CTRL)) {
-               /*
-                * Restrict guest_spec_ctrl to supported values. Clear the
-                * modifiable bits in the host base value and or the
-                * modifiable bits from the guest value.
-                */
-               guestval = hostval & ~x86_spec_ctrl_mask;
-               guestval |= guest_spec_ctrl & x86_spec_ctrl_mask;
-
                if (hostval != guestval) {
                        msrval = setguest ? guestval : hostval;
                        wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL, msrval);
@@ -1659,16 +1640,6 @@ static enum ssb_mitigation __init __ssb_select_mitigation(void)
        }
 
        /*
-        * If SSBD is controlled by the SPEC_CTRL MSR, then set the proper
-        * bit in the mask to allow guests to use the mitigation even in the
-        * case where the host does not enable it.
-        */
-       if (static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SPEC_CTRL_SSBD) ||
-           static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_AMD_SSBD)) {
-               x86_spec_ctrl_mask |= SPEC_CTRL_SSBD;
-       }
-
-       /*
         * We have three CPU feature flags that are in play here:
         *  - X86_BUG_SPEC_STORE_BYPASS - CPU is susceptible.
         *  - X86_FEATURE_SSBD - CPU is able to turn off speculative store bypass