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On 3/3/19 8:23 PM, speck for Josh Poimboeuf wrote:

> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
> index e11654f93e71..0c71ab0d57e3 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
> @@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ static void x86_amd_ssb_disable(void)
>  
>  /* Default mitigation for L1TF-affected CPUs */
>  static enum mds_mitigations mds_mitigation __ro_after_init = MDS_MITIGATION_FULL;
> +static bool mds_nosmt __ro_after_init = false;
>  
>  static const char * const mds_strings[] = {
>  	[MDS_MITIGATION_OFF]	= "Vulnerable",
> @@ -238,8 +239,13 @@ static void mds_select_mitigation(void)
>  	if (mds_mitigation == MDS_MITIGATION_FULL) {
>  		if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_MD_CLEAR))
>  			mds_mitigation = MDS_MITIGATION_VMWERV;
> +
>  		static_branch_enable(&mds_user_clear);
> +
> +		if (mds_nosmt && !boot_cpu_has(X86_BUG_MSBDS_ONLY))
> +			cpu_smt_disable(false);

Is there some logic missing here to disable SMT?

Jon.

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From: Jon Masters <[email protected]>
To: speck for Josh Poimboeuf <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 1/4] 1