File 65dca902-x86-spec-set-BRANCH_HARDEN-option-only-when.patch of Package xen.33142
# Commit 60e00f77a5cc671d30c5ef3318f5b8e9b74e4aa3
# Date 2024-02-26 16:06:42 +0100
# Author Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com>
# Committer Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
x86/spec: fix BRANCH_HARDEN option to only be set when build-enabled
The current logic to handle the BRANCH_HARDEN option will report it as enabled
even when build-time disabled. Fix this by only allowing the option to be set
when support for it is built into Xen.
Fixes: 2d6f36daa086 ('x86/nospec: Introduce CONFIG_SPECULATIVE_HARDEN_BRANCH')
Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
--- a/xen/arch/x86/spec_ctrl.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/spec_ctrl.c
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ int8_t __initdata opt_psfd = -1;
int8_t __ro_after_init opt_ibpb_ctxt_switch = -1;
int8_t __read_mostly opt_eager_fpu = -1;
int8_t __read_mostly opt_l1d_flush = -1;
-static bool __initdata opt_branch_harden = true;
+static bool __initdata opt_branch_harden =
+ IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SPECULATIVE_HARDEN_BRANCH);
bool __initdata bsp_delay_spec_ctrl;
uint8_t __read_mostly default_xen_spec_ctrl;
@@ -280,7 +281,16 @@ static int __init cf_check parse_spec_ct
else if ( (val = parse_boolean("l1d-flush", s, ss)) >= 0 )
opt_l1d_flush = val;
else if ( (val = parse_boolean("branch-harden", s, ss)) >= 0 )
- opt_branch_harden = val;
+ {
+ if ( IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SPECULATIVE_HARDEN_BRANCH) )
+ opt_branch_harden = val;
+ else
+ {
+ no_config_param("SPECULATIVE_HARDEN_BRANCH", "spec-ctrl", s,
+ ss);
+ rc = -EINVAL;
+ }
+ }
else if ( (val = parse_boolean("srb-lock", s, ss)) >= 0 )
opt_srb_lock = val;
else if ( (val = parse_boolean("unpriv-mmio", s, ss)) >= 0 )