x86/bugs: Optimize SPEC_CTRL MSR writes
authorPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Thu, 27 Oct 2022 20:54:59 +0000 (13:54 -0700)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Tue, 1 Nov 2022 18:14:45 +0000 (19:14 +0100)
commitd9dff84df890c67804a3c0dede4c2f2b95151e92
tree5263cbf49307afcbcfa0851c77f1cdc65751b5c0
parent6a0fee43eac02bbb6419e0c4f6bf4bbcf6378cb4
x86/bugs: Optimize SPEC_CTRL MSR writes

commit c779bc1a9002fa474175b80e72b85c9bf628abb0 upstream.

When changing SPEC_CTRL for user control, the WRMSR can be delayed
until return-to-user when KERNEL_IBRS has been enabled.

This avoids an MSR write during context switch.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
arch/x86/kernel/process.c