The update of the TIF_SSBD flag and the conditional speculation control MSR update is done in the ssb_prctl_set() function directly. The upcoming prctl support for controlling indirect branch speculation via STIBP needs the same mechanism. Split the code out and make it reusable. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c @@ -703,10 +703,25 @@ static void ssb_select_mitigation(void) #undef pr_fmt #define pr_fmt(fmt) "Speculation prctl: " fmt -static int ssb_prctl_set(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long ctrl) +static void task_update_spec_tif(struct task_struct *tsk, int tifbit, bool on) { bool update; + if (on) + update = !test_and_set_tsk_thread_flag(tsk, tifbit); + else + update = test_and_clear_tsk_thread_flag(tsk, tifbit); + + /* + * If being set on non-current task, delay setting the CPU + * mitigation until it is scheduled next. + */ + if (tsk == current && update) + speculation_ctrl_update_current(); +} + +static int ssb_prctl_set(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long ctrl) +{ if (ssb_mode != SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_PRCTL && ssb_mode != SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_SECCOMP) return -ENXIO; @@ -717,28 +732,20 @@ static int ssb_prctl_set(struct task_str if (task_spec_ssb_force_disable(task)) return -EPERM; task_clear_spec_ssb_disable(task); - update = test_and_clear_tsk_thread_flag(task, TIF_SSBD); + task_update_spec_tif(task, TIF_SSBD, false); break; case PR_SPEC_DISABLE: task_set_spec_ssb_disable(task); - update = !test_and_set_tsk_thread_flag(task, TIF_SSBD); + task_update_spec_tif(task, TIF_SSBD, true); break; case PR_SPEC_FORCE_DISABLE: task_set_spec_ssb_disable(task); task_set_spec_ssb_force_disable(task); - update = !test_and_set_tsk_thread_flag(task, TIF_SSBD); + task_update_spec_tif(task, TIF_SSBD, true); break; default: return -ERANGE; } - - /* - * If being set on non-current task, delay setting the CPU - * mitigation until it is next scheduled. - */ - if (task == current && update) - speculation_ctrl_update_current(); - return 0; }