[PATCH 4.9 58/87] x86/bugs: Make boot modes __ro_after_init

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon May 21 2018 - 17:24:30 EST


4.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit f9544b2b076ca90d887c5ae5d74fab4c21bb7c13 upstream

There's no reason for these to be changed after boot.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
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
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ static const char *spectre_v2_strings[]
#undef pr_fmt
#define pr_fmt(fmt) "Spectre V2 : " fmt

-static enum spectre_v2_mitigation spectre_v2_enabled = SPECTRE_V2_NONE;
+static enum spectre_v2_mitigation spectre_v2_enabled __ro_after_init =
+ SPECTRE_V2_NONE;

void x86_spec_ctrl_set(u64 val)
{
@@ -406,7 +407,7 @@ retpoline_auto:
#undef pr_fmt
#define pr_fmt(fmt) "Speculative Store Bypass: " fmt

-static enum ssb_mitigation ssb_mode = SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_NONE;
+static enum ssb_mitigation ssb_mode __ro_after_init = SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_NONE;

/* The kernel command line selection */
enum ssb_mitigation_cmd {