[PATCH v4 5/7] x86/retbleed: Introduce cdt_possible()

From: Pawan Gupta
Date: Wed Jun 11 2025 - 13:30:11 EST


In preparation to allow ITS to also enable stuffing a.k.a. Call Depth
Tracking(CDT) independently of retbleed, introduce a helper cdt_possible().

Signed-off-by: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 15 ++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index e861e8884d6b5e16f08d5bda0f47d5056d26c1f4..387610ad222d4dbd196bfb219145510a37979d73 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -1119,6 +1119,19 @@ early_param("nospectre_v1", nospectre_v1_cmdline);

enum spectre_v2_mitigation spectre_v2_enabled __ro_after_init = SPECTRE_V2_NONE;

+/* Depends on spectre_v2 mitigation selected already */
+static inline bool cdt_possible(enum spectre_v2_mitigation mode)
+{
+ if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MITIGATION_CALL_DEPTH_TRACKING) ||
+ !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETPOLINE))
+ return false;
+
+ if (mode == SPECTRE_V2_RETPOLINE)
+ return true;
+
+ return false;
+}
+
#undef pr_fmt
#define pr_fmt(fmt) "RETBleed: " fmt

@@ -1267,7 +1280,7 @@ static void __init retbleed_update_mitigation(void)
retbleed_mitigation = RETBLEED_MITIGATION_STUFF;

if (retbleed_mitigation == RETBLEED_MITIGATION_STUFF &&
- spectre_v2_enabled != SPECTRE_V2_RETPOLINE) {
+ !cdt_possible(spectre_v2_enabled)) {
pr_err("WARNING: retbleed=stuff depends on spectre_v2=retpoline\n");
retbleed_mitigation = RETBLEED_MITIGATION_NONE;
}

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