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Pull x86 fixes from Thomas Gleixner:
"Yet another pile of melted spectrum related changes:
- sanitize the array_index_nospec protection mechanism: Remove the
overengineered array_index_nospec_mask_check() magic and allow
const-qualified types as index to avoid temporary storage in a
non-const local variable.
- make the microcode loader more robust by properly propagating error
codes. Provide information about new feature bits after micro code
was updated so administrators can act upon.
- optimizations of the entry ASM code which reduce code footprint and
make the code simpler and faster.
- fix the {pmd,pud}_{set,clear}_flags() implementations to work
properly on paravirt kernels by removing the address translation
operations.
- revert the harmful vmexit_fill_RSB() optimization
- use IBRS around firmware calls
- teach objtool about retpolines and add annotations for indirect
jumps and calls.
- explicitly disable jumplabel patching in __init code and handle
patching failures properly instead of silently ignoring them.
- remove indirect paravirt calls for writing the speculation control
MSR as these calls are obviously proving the same attack vector
which is tried to be mitigated.
- a few small fixes which address build issues with recent compiler
and assembler versions"
* 'x86-pti-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (38 commits)
KVM/VMX: Optimize vmx_vcpu_run() and svm_vcpu_run() by marking the RDMSR path as unlikely()
KVM/x86: Remove indirect MSR op calls from SPEC_CTRL
objtool, retpolines: Integrate objtool with retpoline support more closely
x86/entry/64: Simplify ENCODE_FRAME_POINTER
extable: Make init_kernel_text() global
jump_label: Warn on failed jump_label patching attempt
jump_label: Explicitly disable jump labels in __init code
x86/entry/64: Open-code switch_to_thread_stack()
x86/entry/64: Move ASM_CLAC to interrupt_entry()
x86/entry/64: Remove 'interrupt' macro
x86/entry/64: Move the switch_to_thread_stack() call to interrupt_entry()
x86/entry/64: Move ENTER_IRQ_STACK from interrupt macro to interrupt_entry
x86/entry/64: Move PUSH_AND_CLEAR_REGS from interrupt macro to helper function
x86/speculation: Move firmware_restrict_branch_speculation_*() from C to CPP
objtool: Add module specific retpoline rules
objtool: Add retpoline validation
objtool: Use existing global variables for options
x86/mm/sme, objtool: Annotate indirect call in sme_encrypt_execute()
x86/boot, objtool: Annotate indirect jump in secondary_startup_64()
x86/paravirt, objtool: Annotate indirect calls
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