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SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86/srso: Correct the mitigation status when SMT is disabled
On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 02:27:51PM -0700, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> How is that relevant to my comment? The bug bit still wouldn't get set
> and srso_show_state() still wouldn't be called.

Lemme explain how I see this working - it might help us get on the right
track. And for comparison you can look at X86_FEATURE_BTC_NO too.

* Something has set X86_FEATURE_SRSO_NO - hw or sw doesn't matter
- because the machine is not affected. X86_BUG_SRSO doesn't get set and
the mitigation detection is skipped. All good.

* Nothing has set X86_FEATURE_SRSO_NO, mitigation detection runs and
find that the kernel runs on a Zen1/2 with SMT disabled - we set
X86_FEATURE_SRSO_NO.

* Now X86_FEATURE_SRSO_NO is passed in by KVM to the guest and the above
dance repeats.

Now you.

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Boris.

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