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.
next prev parent 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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