STIBP stands for Single Thread Indirect Branch Predictors. The acronym, however, can be easily mis-spelled as STIPB. It is perhaps due to the presence of another related term - IBPB (Indirect Branch Predictor Barrier).
Fix the mis-spelling in the code. Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <[email protected]> --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 6 +++--- arch/x86/kernel/process.h | 2 +- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c index 500278f..a68b32c 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ u64 __ro_after_init x86_amd_ls_cfg_base; u64 __ro_after_init x86_amd_ls_cfg_ssbd_mask; -/* Control conditional STIPB in switch_to() */ +/* Control conditional STIBP in switch_to() */ DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(switch_to_cond_stibp); /* Control conditional IBPB in switch_mm() */ DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(switch_mm_cond_ibpb); @@ -379,12 +379,12 @@ static void __init spec_v2_user_print_cond(const char *reason, bool secure) "always-on" : "conditional"); } - /* If enhanced IBRS is enabled no STIPB required */ + /* If enhanced IBRS is enabled no STIBP required */ if (spectre_v2_enabled == SPECTRE_V2_IBRS_ENHANCED) return; /* - * If SMT is not possible or STIBP is not available clear the STIPB + * If SMT is not possible or STIBP is not available clear the STIBP * mode. */ if (!smt_possible || !boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_STIBP)) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.h b/arch/x86/kernel/process.h index 898e97c..320ab97 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.h +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.h @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ static inline void switch_to_extra(struct task_struct *prev, if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SMP)) { /* * Avoid __switch_to_xtra() invocation when conditional - * STIPB is disabled and the only different bit is + * STIBP is disabled and the only different bit is * TIF_SPEC_IB. For CONFIG_SMP=n TIF_SPEC_IB is not * in the TIF_WORK_CTXSW masks. */ -- 1.8.3.1
