[RFC PATCH 1/2] nospec: Add a generic barrier_nospec()

[Pawan Gupta]

barrier_nospec() is a speculation barrier with an arch dependent
implementation. Architectures that don't need a speculation barrier
shouldn't have to define an arch specific version.

To be able to use barrier_nospec() in non-architecture code add a
generic version that does nothing. Architectures needing speculation
barrier can override the generic version in their asm/barrier.h.

Signed-off-by: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/nospec.h | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/nospec.h b/include/linux/nospec.h
index c1e79f72cd89..60e040a5df27 100644
--- a/include/linux/nospec.h
+++ b/include/linux/nospec.h
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ static inline unsigned long array_index_mask_nospec(unsigned long index,
 	(typeof(_i)) (_i & _mask);					\
 })
 
+#ifndef barrier_nospec
+#define barrier_nospec()	do { } while (0)
+#endif
+
 /* Speculation control prctl */
 int arch_prctl_spec_ctrl_get(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long which);
 int arch_prctl_spec_ctrl_set(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long which,
-- 
2.37.3