Re: [PATCH 10/22] x86/srso: Print mitigation for retbleed IBPB case

[Josh Poimboeuf]

On Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 06:48:18AM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 20, 2023 at 06:19:07PM -0700, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> > When overriding the requested mitigation with IBPB due to retbleed=ibpb,
> > print the actual mitigation.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 5 +++--
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
> > index da480c089739..4e332707a343 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
> > @@ -2427,7 +2427,7 @@ static void __init srso_select_mitigation(void)
> >  		if (has_microcode) {
> >  			pr_info("Retbleed IBPB mitigation enabled, using same for SRSO\n");
> 
> This print was supposed to do that. Now you have two for the IBPB case.
> If you want to print it using the usual format, then whack the above.

Sure, and in that case I'll just drop the other one which changes the
above from pr_err() to pr_info().

-- 
Josh