x86/bugs: Remove X86_FEATURE_USE_IBPB

X86_FEATURE_USE_IBPB was introduced in: 2961298 ("x86/cpufeatures: Clean up Spectre v2 related CPUID flags") to have separate flags for when the CPU supports IBPB (i.e. X86_FEATURE_IBPB) and when an IBPB is actually used to mitigate Spectre v2. Ever since then, the uses of IBPB expanded. The name became confusing because it does not control all IBPB executions in the kernel. Furthermore, because its name is generic and it's buried within indirect_branch_prediction_barrier(), it's easy to use it not knowing that it is specific to Spectre v2. X86_FEATURE_USE_IBPB is no longer needed because all the IBPB executions it used to control are now controlled through other means (e.g. switch_mm_*_ibpb static branches). Remove the unused feature bit. Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250227012712.3193063-7-yosry.ahmed@linux.dev
mariux64 · Feb 27, 2025 · 8f64eee · 8f64eee
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diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
@@ -210,7 +210,6 @@
 #define X86_FEATURE_MBA			( 7*32+18) /* "mba" Memory Bandwidth Allocation */
 #define X86_FEATURE_RSB_CTXSW		( 7*32+19) /* Fill RSB on context switches */
 #define X86_FEATURE_PERFMON_V2		( 7*32+20) /* "perfmon_v2" AMD Performance Monitoring Version 2 */
-#define X86_FEATURE_USE_IBPB		( 7*32+21) /* Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier enabled */
 #define X86_FEATURE_USE_IBRS_FW		( 7*32+22) /* Use IBRS during runtime firmware calls */
 #define X86_FEATURE_SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_DISABLE	( 7*32+23) /* Disable Speculative Store Bypass. */
 #define X86_FEATURE_LS_CFG_SSBD		( 7*32+24)  /* AMD SSBD implementation via LS_CFG MSR */

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -1368,7 +1368,6 @@ spectre_v2_user_select_mitigation(void)
 
 	/* Initialize Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier */
 	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_IBPB)) {
-		setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_USE_IBPB);
 		static_branch_enable(&switch_vcpu_ibpb);
 
 		spectre_v2_user_ibpb = mode;

diff --git a/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h b/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
@@ -210,7 +210,6 @@
 #define X86_FEATURE_MBA			( 7*32+18) /* "mba" Memory Bandwidth Allocation */
 #define X86_FEATURE_RSB_CTXSW		( 7*32+19) /* Fill RSB on context switches */
 #define X86_FEATURE_PERFMON_V2		( 7*32+20) /* "perfmon_v2" AMD Performance Monitoring Version 2 */
-#define X86_FEATURE_USE_IBPB		( 7*32+21) /* Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier enabled */
 #define X86_FEATURE_USE_IBRS_FW		( 7*32+22) /* Use IBRS during runtime firmware calls */
 #define X86_FEATURE_SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_DISABLE	( 7*32+23) /* Disable Speculative Store Bypass. */
 #define X86_FEATURE_LS_CFG_SSBD		( 7*32+24)  /* AMD SSBD implementation via LS_CFG MSR */