From c67aa40095cdb6b5f6730c3fc12252dda4b1b7c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Zijlstra Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2021 14:01:46 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] x86,bugs: Unconditionally allow spectre_v2=retpoline,amd Currently Linux prevents usage of retpoline,amd on !AMD hardware, this is unfriendly and gets in the way of testing. Remove this restriction. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf Tested-by: Alexei Starovoitov Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211026120310.487348118@infradead.org (cherry picked from commit f8a66d608a3e471e1202778c2a36cbdc96bae73b) CVE-2022-0001 Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 7 ------- 1 file changed, 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c index d41b70fe4918e..d4e7a87558348 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c @@ -845,13 +845,6 @@ static enum spectre_v2_mitigation_cmd __init spectre_v2_parse_cmdline(void) return SPECTRE_V2_CMD_AUTO; } - if (cmd == SPECTRE_V2_CMD_RETPOLINE_AMD && - boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_HYGON && - boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_AMD) { - pr_err("retpoline,amd selected but CPU is not AMD. Switching to AUTO select\n"); - return SPECTRE_V2_CMD_AUTO; - } - spec_v2_print_cond(mitigation_options[i].option, mitigation_options[i].secure); return cmd;