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[RFC,1/2] nospec: Add a generic barrier_nospec()

Message ID a29745ae921ed03084b7d4bdec38c7b01d764fb9.1666651511.git.pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com
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Pawan Gupta Oct. 24, 2022, 10:57 p.m. UTC
barrier_nospec() is a speculation barrier with an arch dependent
implementation. Architectures that don't need a speculation barrier
shouldn't have to define an arch specific version.

To be able to use barrier_nospec() in non-architecture code add a
generic version that does nothing. Architectures needing speculation
barrier can override the generic version in their asm/barrier.h.

Signed-off-by: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com>
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 include/linux/nospec.h | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/include/linux/nospec.h b/include/linux/nospec.h
index c1e79f72cd89..60e040a5df27 100644
--- a/include/linux/nospec.h
+++ b/include/linux/nospec.h
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@  static inline unsigned long array_index_mask_nospec(unsigned long index,
 	(typeof(_i)) (_i & _mask);					\
 })
 
+#ifndef barrier_nospec
+#define barrier_nospec()	do { } while (0)
+#endif
+
 /* Speculation control prctl */
 int arch_prctl_spec_ctrl_get(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long which);
 int arch_prctl_spec_ctrl_set(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long which,