Report branch predictor state flush as a mitigation for
Spectre variant 2.

Signed-off-by: Diana Craciun <diana.crac...@nxp.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c
index 4393a38..861fab3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c
@@ -212,8 +212,11 @@ ssize_t cpu_show_spectre_v2(struct device *dev, struct 
device_attribute *attr, c
 
                if (count_cache_flush_type == COUNT_CACHE_FLUSH_HW)
                        seq_buf_printf(&s, "(hardware accelerated)");
-       } else
+       } else if (btb_flush_enabled) {
+               seq_buf_printf(&s, "Mitigation: Branch predictor state flush");
+       } else {
                seq_buf_printf(&s, "Vulnerable");
+       }
 
        seq_buf_printf(&s, "\n");
 
-- 
2.5.5

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