x86/bugs: Warn when "ibrs" mitigation is selected on Enhanced IBRS parts
commit eb23b5ef upstream. IBRS mitigation for spectre_v2 forces write to MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL at every kernel entry/exit. On Enhanced IBRS parts setting MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL[IBRS] only once at boot is sufficient. MSR writes at every kernel entry/exit incur unnecessary performance loss. When Enhanced IBRS feature is present, print a warning about this unnecessary performance loss. Signed-off-by: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@canonical.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/2a5eaf54583c2bfe0edc4fea64006656256cca17.1657814857.git.pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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