From 204ced4108f5d38f6804968fd9543cc69c3f8da6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Kaplan Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2025 12:19:36 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] x86/bugs: Qualify RETBLEED_INTEL_MSG When retbleed mitigation is disabled, the kernel already prints an info message that the system is vulnerable. Recent code restructuring also inadvertently led to RETBLEED_INTEL_MSG being printed as an error, which is unnecessary as retbleed mitigation was already explicitly disabled (by config option, cmdline, etc.). Qualify this print statement so the warning is not printed unless an actual retbleed mitigation was selected and is being disabled due to incompatibility with spectre_v2. Fixes: e3b78a7ad5ea ("x86/bugs: Restructure retbleed mitigation") Closes: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=220624 Signed-off-by: David Kaplan Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251003171936.155391-1-david.kaplan@amd.com --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c index 6a526ae1fe99..e08de5b0d20b 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c @@ -1463,7 +1463,9 @@ static void __init retbleed_update_mitigation(void) break; default: if (retbleed_mitigation != RETBLEED_MITIGATION_STUFF) { - pr_err(RETBLEED_INTEL_MSG); + if (retbleed_mitigation != RETBLEED_MITIGATION_NONE) + pr_err(RETBLEED_INTEL_MSG); + retbleed_mitigation = RETBLEED_MITIGATION_NONE; } } -- 2.47.3