x86/bugs: Optimize SPEC_CTRL MSR writes
stable inclusion from stable-v4.19.266 commit f1b4cf5ce43f28503ef24d30fdbb9247d141765d category: bugfix bugzilla: https://gitee.com/src-openeuler/kernel/issues/I5GZ2Z CVE: CVE-2022-29901 -------------------------------- commit c779bc1a upstream. When changing SPEC_CTRL for user control, the WRMSR can be delayed until return-to-user when KERNEL_IBRS has been enabled. This avoids an MSR write during context switch. Signed-off-by:Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by:
Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Reviewed-by:
Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org> Signed-off-by:
Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Signed-off-by:
Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@canonical.com> Signed-off-by:
Suleiman Souhlal <suleiman@google.com> Signed-off-by:
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by:
Lin Yujun <linyujun809@huawei.com> Reviewed-by:
Zhang Jianhua <chris.zjh@huawei.com> Reviewed-by:
Liao Chang <liaochang1@huawei.com> Signed-off-by:
Yongqiang Liu <liuyongqiang13@huawei.com>
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