[PATCH v7 05/10] x86/vmscape: Move mitigation selection to a switch()

From: Pawan Gupta

Date: Thu Mar 19 2026 - 11:45:06 EST


This ensures that all mitigation modes are explicitly handled, while
keeping the mitigation selection for each mode together. This also prepares
for adding BHB-clearing mitigation mode for VMSCAPE.

Reviewed-by: Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index 47c020b80371..68e2df3e3bf5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -3084,17 +3084,33 @@ early_param("vmscape", vmscape_parse_cmdline);

static void __init vmscape_select_mitigation(void)
{
- if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_VMSCAPE) ||
- !boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_IBPB)) {
+ if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_VMSCAPE)) {
vmscape_mitigation = VMSCAPE_MITIGATION_NONE;
return;
}

- if (vmscape_mitigation == VMSCAPE_MITIGATION_AUTO) {
- if (should_mitigate_vuln(X86_BUG_VMSCAPE))
+ if ((vmscape_mitigation == VMSCAPE_MITIGATION_AUTO) &&
+ !should_mitigate_vuln(X86_BUG_VMSCAPE))
+ vmscape_mitigation = VMSCAPE_MITIGATION_NONE;
+
+ switch (vmscape_mitigation) {
+ case VMSCAPE_MITIGATION_NONE:
+ break;
+
+ case VMSCAPE_MITIGATION_IBPB_EXIT_TO_USER:
+ if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_IBPB))
+ vmscape_mitigation = VMSCAPE_MITIGATION_NONE;
+ break;
+
+ case VMSCAPE_MITIGATION_AUTO:
+ if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_IBPB))
vmscape_mitigation = VMSCAPE_MITIGATION_IBPB_EXIT_TO_USER;
else
vmscape_mitigation = VMSCAPE_MITIGATION_NONE;
+ break;
+
+ default:
+ break;
}
}


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