Use the now exposed real SMT state, not the SMT sysfs control knob state. This reflects the state of the system when the mitigation status is queried. This does not change the warning in the VMX launch code. There the dependency on the control knob makes sense because siblings could be brought online anytime after launching the VM. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c @@ -832,13 +832,14 @@ static ssize_t l1tf_show_state(char *buf if (l1tf_vmx_mitigation == VMENTER_L1D_FLUSH_EPT_DISABLED || (l1tf_vmx_mitigation == VMENTER_L1D_FLUSH_NEVER && - cpu_smt_control == CPU_SMT_ENABLED)) + sched_smt_active())) { return sprintf(buf, "%s; VMX: %s\n", L1TF_DEFAULT_MSG, l1tf_vmx_states[l1tf_vmx_mitigation]); + } return sprintf(buf, "%s; VMX: %s, SMT %s\n", L1TF_DEFAULT_MSG, l1tf_vmx_states[l1tf_vmx_mitigation], - cpu_smt_control == CPU_SMT_ENABLED ? "vulnerable" : "disabled"); + sched_smt_active() ? "vulnerable" : "disabled"); } #else static ssize_t l1tf_show_state(char *buf)