On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 8:25 AM Nathan Chancellor nathan@kernel.org wrote:
Clang warns:
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c:58:21: error: section attribute is specified on redeclared variable [-Werror,-Wsection] DEFINE_PER_CPU(u64, x86_spec_ctrl_current); ^ arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h:283:12: note: previous declaration is here extern u64 x86_spec_ctrl_current; ^ 1 error generated.
The declaration should be using DECLARE_PER_CPU instead so all attributes stay in sync.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: fc02735b14ff ("KVM: VMX: Prevent guest RSB poisoning attacks with eIBRS") Reported-by: kernel test robot lkp@intel.com Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor nathan@kernel.org
Thanks for the patch! Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers ndesaulniers@google.com Tested-by: Nick Desaulniers ndesaulniers@google.com
v1 -> v2: https://lore.kernel.org/20220713152222.1697913-1-nathan@kernel.org/
- Use asm/percpu.h instead of linux/percpu.h to avoid static call include errors.
arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h index bb05ed4f46bd..10a3bfc1eb23 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ #include <asm/cpufeatures.h> #include <asm/msr-index.h> #include <asm/unwind_hints.h> +#include <asm/percpu.h>
#define RETPOLINE_THUNK_SIZE 32
@@ -280,7 +281,7 @@ static inline void indirect_branch_prediction_barrier(void)
/* The Intel SPEC CTRL MSR base value cache */ extern u64 x86_spec_ctrl_base; -extern u64 x86_spec_ctrl_current; +DECLARE_PER_CPU(u64, x86_spec_ctrl_current); extern void write_spec_ctrl_current(u64 val, bool force); extern u64 spec_ctrl_current(void);
base-commit: 72a8e05d4f66b5af7854df4490e3135168694b6b
2.37.1