From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com>,
Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 2/8] x86/bugs: Decouple ALTERNATIVE usage from VERW macro definition
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 17:30:34 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251031003040.3491385-3-seanjc@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251031003040.3491385-1-seanjc@google.com>
Decouple the use of ALTERNATIVE from the encoding of VERW to clear CPU
buffers so that KVM can use ALTERNATIVE_2 to handle "always clear buffers"
and "clear if guest can access host MMIO" in a single statement.
No functional change intended.
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h | 21 ++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
index 08ed5a2e46a5..923ae21cbef1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
@@ -308,24 +308,23 @@
* CFLAGS.ZF.
* Note: Only the memory operand variant of VERW clears the CPU buffers.
*/
-.macro __CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS feature
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
- ALTERNATIVE "", "verw x86_verw_sel(%rip)", \feature
+#define CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS_SEQ verw x86_verw_sel(%rip)
#else
- /*
- * In 32bit mode, the memory operand must be a %cs reference. The data
- * segments may not be usable (vm86 mode), and the stack segment may not
- * be flat (ESPFIX32).
- */
- ALTERNATIVE "", "verw %cs:x86_verw_sel", \feature
+/*
+ * In 32bit mode, the memory operand must be a %cs reference. The data segments
+ * may not be usable (vm86 mode), and the stack segment may not be flat (ESPFIX32).
+ */
+#define CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS_SEQ verw %cs:x86_verw_sel
#endif
-.endm
+
+#define __CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS __stringify(CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS_SEQ)
#define CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS \
- __CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_CPU_BUF
+ ALTERNATIVE "", __CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS, X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_CPU_BUF
#define VM_CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS \
- __CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_CPU_BUF_VM
+ ALTERNATIVE "", __CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS, X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_CPU_BUF_VM
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
.macro CLEAR_BRANCH_HISTORY
--
2.51.1.930.gacf6e81ea2-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-10-31 0:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 57+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-31 0:30 [PATCH v4 0/8] x86/bugs: KVM: L1TF and MMIO Stale Data cleanups Sean Christopherson
2025-10-31 0:30 ` [PATCH v4 1/8] x86/bugs: Use VM_CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS in VMX as well Sean Christopherson
2025-10-31 11:30 ` Brendan Jackman
2025-11-01 1:46 ` Pawan Gupta
2025-11-03 18:18 ` Pawan Gupta
2025-11-07 19:05 ` Borislav Petkov
2025-11-11 22:03 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-11-12 10:23 ` Borislav Petkov
2025-11-12 18:19 ` Pawan Gupta
2025-11-12 18:17 ` Pawan Gupta
2025-11-07 18:59 ` Borislav Petkov
2025-11-12 18:02 ` Pawan Gupta
2025-10-31 0:30 ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
2025-10-31 11:37 ` [PATCH v4 2/8] x86/bugs: Decouple ALTERNATIVE usage from VERW macro definition Brendan Jackman
2025-10-31 17:43 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-11-01 4:13 ` Pawan Gupta
2025-11-03 17:00 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-11-03 17:40 ` Pawan Gupta
2025-11-12 12:15 ` Borislav Petkov
2025-10-31 0:30 ` [PATCH v4 3/8] x86/bugs: Use an X86_FEATURE_xxx flag for the MMIO Stale Data mitigation Sean Christopherson
2025-10-31 11:44 ` Brendan Jackman
2025-10-31 21:47 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-11-03 10:49 ` Brendan Jackman
2025-10-31 22:28 ` Pawan Gupta
2025-10-31 22:37 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-10-31 22:50 ` Pawan Gupta
2025-11-12 14:46 ` Borislav Petkov
2025-11-12 18:24 ` Pawan Gupta
2025-10-31 0:30 ` [PATCH v4 4/8] KVM: VMX: Handle MMIO Stale Data in VM-Enter assembly via ALTERNATIVES_2 Sean Christopherson
2025-10-31 12:32 ` Brendan Jackman
2025-10-31 21:44 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-11-03 10:51 ` Brendan Jackman
2025-10-31 23:55 ` Pawan Gupta
2025-11-01 3:41 ` Pawan Gupta
2025-11-03 9:17 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-11-03 17:37 ` Pawan Gupta
2025-11-03 17:46 ` Pawan Gupta
2025-11-12 16:41 ` Borislav Petkov
2025-11-12 17:15 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-11-12 18:38 ` Borislav Petkov
2025-11-12 20:30 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-11-12 23:01 ` Pawan Gupta
2025-11-13 14:20 ` Borislav Petkov
2025-11-13 22:01 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-10-31 0:30 ` [PATCH v4 5/8] x86/bugs: KVM: Move VM_CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS into SVM as SVM_CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS Sean Christopherson
2025-10-31 12:34 ` Brendan Jackman
2025-11-13 15:03 ` Borislav Petkov
2025-11-13 15:37 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-11-13 16:19 ` Borislav Petkov
2025-10-31 0:30 ` [PATCH v4 6/8] KVM: VMX: Bundle all L1 data cache flush mitigation code together Sean Christopherson
2025-11-03 18:26 ` Pawan Gupta
2025-10-31 0:30 ` [PATCH v4 7/8] KVM: VMX: Disable L1TF L1 data cache flush if CONFIG_CPU_MITIGATIONS=n Sean Christopherson
2025-10-31 12:37 ` Brendan Jackman
2025-10-31 0:30 ` [PATCH v4 8/8] KVM: x86: Unify L1TF flushing under per-CPU variable Sean Christopherson
2025-10-31 11:22 ` [PATCH v4 0/8] x86/bugs: KVM: L1TF and MMIO Stale Data cleanups Brendan Jackman
2025-10-31 17:36 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-11-04 10:58 ` Brendan Jackman
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