[PATCH v1] ARM: Silence proc-v7-bugs.c spam about disabled Spectre workarounds

From: Dmitry Osipenko
Date: Thu May 19 2022 - 12:14:19 EST


Print message about disabled Spectre workarounds only once to stop
endless spam into KSMG each time CPU goes out from idling state.
This spam makes system unusable with CONFIG_HARDEN_BRANCH_PREDICTOR=n
for those who don't care about security and wants maximum performance.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Osipenko <dmitry.osipenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm/mm/proc-v7-bugs.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7-bugs.c b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7-bugs.c
index fb9f3eb6bf48..f9730eba0632 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7-bugs.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7-bugs.c
@@ -108,8 +108,7 @@ static unsigned int spectre_v2_install_workaround(unsigned int method)
#else
static unsigned int spectre_v2_install_workaround(unsigned int method)
{
- pr_info("CPU%u: Spectre V2: workarounds disabled by configuration\n",
- smp_processor_id());
+ pr_info_once("Spectre V2: workarounds disabled by configuration\n");

return SPECTRE_VULNERABLE;
}
--
2.35.3