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[v2,3/6] x86/bugs: Remove the X86_FEATURE_USE_IBPB check in ib_prctl_set()

Message ID 20250227012712.3193063-4-yosry.ahmed@linux.dev (mailing list archive)
State New
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Series IBPB cleanups and a fixup | expand

Commit Message

Yosry Ahmed Feb. 27, 2025, 1:27 a.m. UTC 
If X86_FEATURE_USE_IBPB is not set, then both spectre_v2_user_ibpb and
spectre_v2_user_stibp are set to SPECTRE_V2_USER_NONE in
spectre_v2_user_select_mitigation(). Since ib_prctl_set() already checks
for this before performing the IBPB, the X86_FEATURE_USE_IBPB check is
redundant. Remove it.

Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
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 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index 754150fc05784..1d7afc40f2272 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -2272,7 +2272,7 @@  static int ib_prctl_set(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long ctrl)
 		if (ctrl == PR_SPEC_FORCE_DISABLE)
 			task_set_spec_ib_force_disable(task);
 		task_update_spec_tif(task);
-		if (task == current && cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_USE_IBPB))
+		if (task == current)
 			indirect_branch_prediction_barrier();
 		break;
 	default: