3.16.68-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
------------------ From: Josh Poimboeuf <[email protected]> commit 7c3658b20194a5b3209a143f63bc9c643c6a3ae2 upstream. arch_smt_update() now has a dependency on both Spectre v2 and MDS mitigations. Move its initial call to after all the mitigation decisions have been made. Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Tyler Hicks <[email protected]> Acked-by: Jiri Kosina <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <[email protected]> --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c @@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ void __init check_bugs(void) mds_select_mitigation(); + arch_smt_update(); + #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32 /* * Check whether we are able to run this kernel safely on SMP. @@ -677,9 +679,6 @@ specv2_set_mode: /* Set up IBPB and STIBP depending on the general spectre V2 command */ spectre_v2_user_select_mitigation(cmd); - - /* Enable STIBP if appropriate */ - arch_smt_update(); } static void update_stibp_msr(void * __unused)
