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x86/kvm: Add static key for flush always
authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Fri, 13 Jul 2018 14:23:20 +0000 (16:23 +0200)
committerKonrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Sat, 11 Aug 2018 00:44:43 +0000 (20:44 -0400)
commit7341e56b8a18e02a730d532b2ec4bb8adfa4d79a
treef59f56f17930513b8098fd49be890aee2869ad2c
parent4888ab6d6821330fbd901e09c958172213951c2a
x86/kvm: Add static key for flush always

Avoid the conditional in the L1D flush control path.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Tested-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180713142322.790914912@linutronix.de
Orabug: 28220674
CVE: CVE-2018-3646

(cherry picked from commit 4c6523ec59fe895ea352a650218a6be0653910b1)

Signed-off-by: Mihai Carabas <mihai.carabas@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Darren Kenny <darren.kenny@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
Conflicts:
arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
Contextual: different content; Use unlikely(static_key_enabled) instead
of static_branch_unlikely because 11276d530 "locking/static_keys: Add a
new static_key interface" is not present in this version of kernel.
arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c