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x86/its: Add support for RSB stuffing mitigation
authorPawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com>
Mon, 2 Dec 2024 20:07:08 +0000 (12:07 -0800)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Sun, 18 May 2025 06:24:11 +0000 (08:24 +0200)
commitba1d70362658bfe89fba8275bf80782d5a8da433
treee2d690b59bf8cfcc45cdeb0d457179f755e63e15
parent61bed1ddb2127501c0bb4cf967538b556755601b
x86/its: Add support for RSB stuffing mitigation

commit facd226f7e0c8ca936ac114aba43cb3e8b94e41e upstream.

When retpoline mitigation is enabled for spectre-v2, enabling
call-depth-tracking and RSB stuffing also mitigates ITS. Add cmdline option
indirect_target_selection=stuff to allow enabling RSB stuffing mitigation.

When retpoline mitigation is not enabled, =stuff option is ignored, and
default mitigation for ITS is deployed.

Signed-off-by: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Alexandre Chartre <alexandre.chartre@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c