File x86-vPMU-rtm-abort-fix.patch of Package xen.11174
xen: Fix backport of "x86/tsx: Implement controls for RTM force-abort mode"
The posted version of this patch depends on c/s 3c555295 "x86/vpmu: Improve
documentation and parsing for vpmu=" (Xen 4.12 and later) to prevent
`vpmu=rtm-abort` impliying `vpmu=1`, which is outside of security support.
Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
--- a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/vpmu.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/vpmu.c
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ static int __init parse_vpmu_params(cons
s = ss + 1;
} while ( *ss );
+
+ if ( !vpmu_features ) /* rtm-abort doesn't imply vpmu=1 */
+ break;
+
/* fall through */
case 1:
/* Default VPMU mode */