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SubjectRe: [PATCH v5 02/12] x86/retpoline: Add initial retpoline support
On Sat, 6 Jan 2018, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> On 06/01/18 11:49, David Woodhouse wrote:
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
> > index 372ba3f..40e6e54 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
> > @@ -904,6 +904,11 @@ static void __init early_identify_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
> >
> > setup_force_cpu_bug(X86_BUG_SPECTRE_V1);
> > setup_force_cpu_bug(X86_BUG_SPECTRE_V2);
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE
> > + setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE);
> > + if (c->x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_AMD)
> > + setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE_AMD);
>
> This isn't safe.  It needs to be dependant on finding that LFENCEs are
> actually dispatch serialising.
>
> In particular, when virtualised, you'll most likely be saddled with the
> hypervisors choice of setting, in which case you need to use retpoline
> as a fallback.

On bare metal we are sure, the virtualization part is a different question.

Thanks,

tglx
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