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x86/bugs: Optimize SPEC_CTRL MSR writes
authorPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Mon, 3 Oct 2022 13:10:14 +0000 (10:10 -0300)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Fri, 7 Oct 2022 07:16:55 +0000 (09:16 +0200)
commit30c4dc290b60a4efda3cc8b97fb322d915273c9b
treea53263291d7ec7819ad5d451727f7159b2a195c0
parentb0205ed6a2a4328f8ec9f1bb27b229d59c0d5ebd
x86/bugs: Optimize SPEC_CTRL MSR writes

commit 5d6c61ddf804e523f70862380f0f103fd3b107d5 upstream.

When changing SPEC_CTRL for user control, the WRMSR can be delayed
until return-to-user when KERNEL_IBRS has been enabled.

This avoids an MSR write during context switch.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
arch/x86/kernel/process.c