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-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt2
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c10
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index e691f75c97e7..b5cb36148554 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -6261,6 +6261,8 @@
Selecting 'on' will also enable the mitigation
against user space to user space task attacks.
+ Selecting specific mitigation does not force enable
+ user mitigations.
Selecting 'off' will disable both the kernel and
the user space protections.
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index c683abd640fd..0e9ab0b9a494 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -1442,9 +1442,13 @@ static __ro_after_init enum spectre_v2_mitigation_cmd spectre_v2_cmd;
static enum spectre_v2_user_cmd __init
spectre_v2_parse_user_cmdline(void)
{
+ enum spectre_v2_user_cmd mode;
char arg[20];
int ret, i;
+ mode = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MITIGATION_SPECTRE_V2) ?
+ SPECTRE_V2_USER_CMD_AUTO : SPECTRE_V2_USER_CMD_NONE;
+
switch (spectre_v2_cmd) {
case SPECTRE_V2_CMD_NONE:
return SPECTRE_V2_USER_CMD_NONE;
@@ -1457,7 +1461,7 @@ spectre_v2_parse_user_cmdline(void)
ret = cmdline_find_option(boot_command_line, "spectre_v2_user",
arg, sizeof(arg));
if (ret < 0)
- return SPECTRE_V2_USER_CMD_AUTO;
+ return mode;
for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(v2_user_options); i++) {
if (match_option(arg, ret, v2_user_options[i].option)) {
@@ -1467,8 +1471,8 @@ spectre_v2_parse_user_cmdline(void)
}
}
- pr_err("Unknown user space protection option (%s). Switching to AUTO select\n", arg);
- return SPECTRE_V2_USER_CMD_AUTO;
+ pr_err("Unknown user space protection option (%s). Switching to default\n", arg);
+ return mode;
}
static inline bool spectre_v2_in_ibrs_mode(enum spectre_v2_mitigation mode)