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arm64: proton-pack: Expose whether the platform is mitigated by firmware
authorJames Morse <james.morse@arm.com>
Mon, 19 Aug 2024 13:15:53 +0000 (14:15 +0100)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Sun, 18 May 2025 06:21:25 +0000 (08:21 +0200)
commit351a505eb4785168b3cb66eec652c6cbec46de10
tree3c76a40d98c16a642d92ed374916dc1f34767fb1
parentcc0b8e148c334c4e8ea60446dfd78b72f7a70d70
arm64: proton-pack: Expose whether the platform is mitigated by firmware

commit e7956c92f396a44eeeb6eaf7a5b5e1ad24db6748 upstream.

is_spectre_bhb_fw_affected() allows the caller to determine if the CPU
is known to need a firmware mitigation. CPUs are either on the list
of CPUs we know about, or firmware has been queried and reported that
the platform is affected - and mitigated by firmware.

This helper is not useful to determine if the platform is mitigated
by firmware. A CPU could be on the know list, but the firmware may
not be implemented. Its affected but not mitigated.

spectre_bhb_enable_mitigation() handles this distinction by checking
the firmware state before enabling the mitigation.

Add a helper to expose this state. This will be used by the BPF JIT
to determine if calling firmware for a mitigation is necessary and
supported.

Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
arch/arm64/include/asm/spectre.h
arch/arm64/kernel/proton-pack.c