Report branch predictor state flush as a mitigation for Spectre variant 2. Signed-off-by: Diana Craciun <diana.crac...@nxp.com> --- v1-->v2 - no changes
arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c index 4393a38..861fab3 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c @@ -212,8 +212,11 @@ ssize_t cpu_show_spectre_v2(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, c if (count_cache_flush_type == COUNT_CACHE_FLUSH_HW) seq_buf_printf(&s, "(hardware accelerated)"); - } else + } else if (btb_flush_enabled) { + seq_buf_printf(&s, "Mitigation: Branch predictor state flush"); + } else { seq_buf_printf(&s, "Vulnerable"); + } seq_buf_printf(&s, "\n"); -- 2.5.5