Re: [PATCH 1/3] x86/cpu: Actually turn off mitigations by default for SPECULATION_MITIGATIONS=n

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Michael,

On Sat, Apr 13, 2024 at 11:38 AM Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> ...
> >> On Tue,  9 Apr 2024 10:51:05 -0700 Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ...
> >>> diff --git a/kernel/cpu.c b/kernel/cpu.c
> >>> index 8f6affd051f7..07ad53b7f119 100644
> >>> --- a/kernel/cpu.c
> >>> +++ b/kernel/cpu.c
> >>> @@ -3207,7 +3207,8 @@ enum cpu_mitigations {
> >>>  };
> >>>
> >>>  static enum cpu_mitigations cpu_mitigations __ro_after_init =
> >>> -   CPU_MITIGATIONS_AUTO;
> >>> +   IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SPECULATION_MITIGATIONS) ? CPU_MITIGATIONS_AUTO :
> >>> +                                                CPU_MITIGATIONS_OFF;
> >>>
> >>>  static int __init mitigations_parse_cmdline(char *arg)
> >>>  {
>
> I think a minimal workaround/fix would be:
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig
> index 2b8fd6bb7da0..290be2f9e909 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/base/Kconfig
> @@ -191,6 +191,10 @@ config GENERIC_CPU_AUTOPROBE
>  config GENERIC_CPU_VULNERABILITIES
>         bool
>
> +config SPECULATION_MITIGATIONS
> +       def_bool y
> +       depends on !X86
> +
>  config SOC_BUS
>         bool
>         select GLOB

Thanks, that works for me (on arm64), so
Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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