tree b0695694aeee4b6e28cdefc5ae574336b840bf6e
parent 64d3f00a33eaa7e9d1ca285aca8eec86adc7324b
author Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> 1557990575 +0200
committer Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 1562745339 +0200

cpu/speculation: Warn on unsupported mitigations= parameter

commit 1bf72720281770162c87990697eae1ba2f1d917a upstream.

Currently, if the user specifies an unsupported mitigation strategy on the
kernel command line, it will be ignored silently.  The code will fall back
to the default strategy, possibly leaving the system more vulnerable than
expected.

This may happen due to e.g. a simple typo, or, for a stable kernel release,
because not all mitigation strategies have been backported.

Inform the user by printing a message.

Fixes: 98af8452945c5565 ("cpu/speculation: Add 'mitigations=' cmdline option")
Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190516070935.22546-1-geert@linux-m68k.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>