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arm64: proton-pack: Expose whether the platform is mitigated by firmware
authorJames Morse <james.morse@arm.com>
Mon, 19 Aug 2024 13:15:53 +0000 (14:15 +0100)
committerJames Morse <james.morse@arm.com>
Thu, 8 May 2025 14:28:35 +0000 (15:28 +0100)
commite7956c92f396a44eeeb6eaf7a5b5e1ad24db6748
treea99b3aedea743ec12f0fe1d56309870fe506ec8b
parent63de8abd97ddb9b758bd8f915ecbd18e1f1a87a0
arm64: proton-pack: Expose whether the platform is mitigated by firmware

is_spectre_bhb_fw_affected() allows the caller to determine if the CPU
is known to need a firmware mitigation. CPUs are either on the list
of CPUs we know about, or firmware has been queried and reported that
the platform is affected - and mitigated by firmware.

This helper is not useful to determine if the platform is mitigated
by firmware. A CPU could be on the know list, but the firmware may
not be implemented. Its affected but not mitigated.

spectre_bhb_enable_mitigation() handles this distinction by checking
the firmware state before enabling the mitigation.

Add a helper to expose this state. This will be used by the BPF JIT
to determine if calling firmware for a mitigation is necessary and
supported.

Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
arch/arm64/include/asm/spectre.h
arch/arm64/kernel/proton-pack.c