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authorKim Phillips <kim.phillips@amd.com>2023-01-24 19:33:18 +0300
committerBorislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>2023-01-25 19:16:01 +0300
commite7862eda309ecfccc36bb5558d937ed3ace07f3f (patch)
treef9421d9634c889fc35fcaed4451f0fc759a68644 /Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln
parentfaabfcb194a8d0686396e3fff6a5b42911f65191 (diff)
downloadlinux-e7862eda309ecfccc36bb5558d937ed3ace07f3f.tar.xz
x86/cpu: Support AMD Automatic IBRS
The AMD Zen4 core supports a new feature called Automatic IBRS. It is a "set-and-forget" feature that means that, like Intel's Enhanced IBRS, h/w manages its IBRS mitigation resources automatically across CPL transitions. The feature is advertised by CPUID_Fn80000021_EAX bit 8 and is enabled by setting MSR C000_0080 (EFER) bit 21. Enable Automatic IBRS by default if the CPU feature is present. It typically provides greater performance over the incumbent generic retpolines mitigation. Reuse the SPECTRE_V2_EIBRS spectre_v2_mitigation enum. AMD Automatic IBRS and Intel Enhanced IBRS have similar enablement. Add NO_EIBRS_PBRSB to cpu_vuln_whitelist, since AMD Automatic IBRS isn't affected by PBRSB-eIBRS. The kernel command line option spectre_v2=eibrs is used to select AMD Automatic IBRS, if available. Signed-off-by: Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de> Acked-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Acked-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230124163319.2277355-8-kim.phillips@amd.com
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst
index c4dcdb3d0d45..3fe6511c5405 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst
@@ -610,9 +610,9 @@ kernel command line.
retpoline,generic Retpolines
retpoline,lfence LFENCE; indirect branch
retpoline,amd alias for retpoline,lfence
- eibrs enhanced IBRS
- eibrs,retpoline enhanced IBRS + Retpolines
- eibrs,lfence enhanced IBRS + LFENCE
+ eibrs Enhanced/Auto IBRS
+ eibrs,retpoline Enhanced/Auto IBRS + Retpolines
+ eibrs,lfence Enhanced/Auto IBRS + LFENCE
ibrs use IBRS to protect kernel
Not specifying this option is equivalent to