When using unknown pti boot options other than on/off/auto, we select auto silently, which is sometimes confusing. Add warning for unknown pti boot options like we do in spectre_v2_select_mitigation().
Signed-off-by: Jiang Biao <jiang.bi...@zte.com.cn> --- arch/x86/mm/pti.c | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pti.c b/arch/x86/mm/pti.c index a76b2cc..a368656 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/pti.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/pti.c @@ -92,14 +92,14 @@ void __init pti_check_boottime_disable(void) pti_mode = PTI_FORCE_OFF; pti_print_if_insecure("disabled on command line."); return; - } - if (ret == 2 && !strncmp(arg, "on", 2)) { + } else if (ret == 2 && !strncmp(arg, "on", 2)) { pti_mode = PTI_FORCE_ON; pti_print_if_secure("force enabled on command line."); goto enable; - } - if (ret == 4 && !strncmp(arg, "auto", 4)) { - pti_mode = PTI_AUTO; + } else if (ret == 4 && !strncmp(arg, "auto", 4)) { + goto autosel; + } else { + pr_err("unknown option (%s). Switching to AUTO select\n", arg); goto autosel; } } -- 2.7.4