[PATCH] x86/srso: Correct the mitigation status when SMT is disabled

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Tue Aug 15 2023 - 05:58:34 EST


On Mon, Aug 14, 2023 at 11:17:27PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> Lemme see how ugly it becomes tomorrow.

Not too bad, considering bugs.c's ugliness.

From: "Borislav Petkov (AMD)" <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2023 11:53:13 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] x86/srso: Correct the mitigation status when SMT is disabled

Specify how is SRSO mitigated when SMT is disabled. Also, correct the
SMT check for that.

Fixes: e9fbc47b818b ("x86/srso: Disable the mitigation on unaffected configurations")
Suggested-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 11 +++++++----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index 6c04aef4b63b..dc8f874fdd63 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -2417,8 +2417,7 @@ static void __init srso_select_mitigation(void)
* Zen1/2 with SMT off aren't vulnerable after the right
* IBPB microcode has been applied.
*/
- if ((boot_cpu_data.x86 < 0x19) &&
- (!cpu_smt_possible() || (cpu_smt_control == CPU_SMT_DISABLED))) {
+ if (boot_cpu_data.x86 < 0x19 && !cpu_smt_possible()) {
setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_SRSO_NO);
return;
}
@@ -2698,8 +2697,12 @@ static ssize_t retbleed_show_state(char *buf)

static ssize_t srso_show_state(char *buf)
{
- if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SRSO_NO))
- return sysfs_emit(buf, "Not affected\n");
+ if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SRSO_NO)) {
+ if (sched_smt_active())
+ return sysfs_emit(buf, "Not affected\n");
+ else
+ return sysfs_emit(buf, "Mitigation: SMT disabled\n");
+ }

return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s%s\n",
srso_strings[srso_mitigation],
--
2.42.0.rc0.25.ga82fb66fed25

--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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