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From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
To: Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@amd.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-coco@lists.linux.dev, x86@kernel.org
Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com>,
	Nikunj A Dadhania <nikunj@amd.com>,
	Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>,
	Michael Roth <michael.roth@amd.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@amd.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>, Naveen Rao <naveen.rao@amd.com>,
	David Kaplan <david.kaplan@amd.com>,
	Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com>,
	stable@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] cpu/bugs: Fix selecting Automatic IBRS using spectre_v2=eibrs
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 10:22:36 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <6b3b0c86-99eb-406d-b88d-3d71613bef9e@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260224180157.725159-2-kim.phillips@amd.com>

On 2/24/26 10:01, Kim Phillips wrote:
> @@ -2136,7 +2136,8 @@ static void __init spectre_v2_select_mitigation(void)
>  	if ((spectre_v2_cmd == SPECTRE_V2_CMD_EIBRS ||
>  	     spectre_v2_cmd == SPECTRE_V2_CMD_EIBRS_LFENCE ||
>  	     spectre_v2_cmd == SPECTRE_V2_CMD_EIBRS_RETPOLINE) &&
> -	    !boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_IBRS_ENHANCED)) {
> +	    !(boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_IBRS_ENHANCED) ||
> +	      boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_AUTOIBRS))) {
>  		pr_err("EIBRS selected but CPU doesn't have Enhanced or Automatic IBRS. Switching to AUTO select\n");
>  		spectre_v2_cmd = SPECTRE_V2_CMD_AUTO;
>  	}

Didn't we agree to just use the "Intel feature" name? See this existing
code:

>         /*
>          * AMD's AutoIBRS is equivalent to Intel's eIBRS - use the Intel feature
>          * flag and protect from vendor-specific bugs via the whitelist.
>          *
>          * Don't use AutoIBRS when SNP is enabled because it degrades host
>          * userspace indirect branch performance.
>          */
>         if ((x86_arch_cap_msr & ARCH_CAP_IBRS_ALL) ||
>             (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_AUTOIBRS) &&
>              !cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_SEV_SNP))) {
>                 setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_IBRS_ENHANCED);
>                 if (!cpu_matches(cpu_vuln_whitelist, NO_EIBRS_PBRSB) &&
>                     !(x86_arch_cap_msr & ARCH_CAP_PBRSB_NO))
>                         setup_force_cpu_bug(X86_BUG_EIBRS_PBRSB);
>         }

You're probably not seeing X86_FEATURE_IBRS_ENHANCED because it doesn't
get forced under SNP.

  reply	other threads:[~2026-02-24 18:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-24 18:01 [PATCH 0/3] KVM: SEV: Add support for BTB Isolation Kim Phillips
2026-02-24 18:01 ` [PATCH 1/3] cpu/bugs: Fix selecting Automatic IBRS using spectre_v2=eibrs Kim Phillips
2026-02-24 18:22   ` Dave Hansen [this message]
2026-02-24 18:29     ` Jim Mattson
2026-02-24 21:40     ` Borislav Petkov
2026-02-24 18:01 ` [PATCH 2/3] cpu/bugs: Allow spectre_v2=ibrs on x86 vendors other than Intel Kim Phillips
2026-02-24 18:01 ` [PATCH 3/3] KVM: SEV: Add support for SNP BTB Isolation Kim Phillips

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