x86/bugs: Simplify SSB cmdline parsing

Simplify the SSB command line parsing by selecting a mitigation directly, as
is done in most of the simpler vulnerabilities.  Use early_param() instead of
cmdline_find_option() for consistency with the other mitigation selections.

Signed-off-by: David Kaplan <david.kaplan@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Reviewed-by: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250819192200.2003074-4-david.kaplan@amd.com

arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h

@@ -514,6 +514,7 @@ enum spectre_v2_user_mitigation {
 /* The Speculative Store Bypass disable variants */
 enum ssb_mitigation {
 	SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_NONE,
+	SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_AUTO,
 	SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_DISABLE,
 	SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_PRCTL,
 	SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_SECCOMP,

arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c

@@ -2525,16 +2525,8 @@ static void update_mds_branch_idle(void)
 #undef pr_fmt
 #define pr_fmt(fmt)	"Speculative Store Bypass: " fmt
 
-static enum ssb_mitigation ssb_mode __ro_after_init = SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_NONE;
+static enum ssb_mitigation ssb_mode __ro_after_init =
-
+	IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MITIGATION_SSB) ? SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_AUTO : SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_NONE;
-/* The kernel command line selection */
-enum ssb_mitigation_cmd {
-	SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_NONE,
-	SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_AUTO,
-	SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_ON,
-	SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_PRCTL,
-	SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_SECCOMP,
-};
 
 static const char * const ssb_strings[] = {
 	[SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_NONE]	= "Vulnerable",
@@ -2543,93 +2535,60 @@ static const char * const ssb_strings[] = {
 	[SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_SECCOMP]	= "Mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp",
 };
 
-static const struct {
+static bool nossb __ro_after_init;
-	const char *option;
-	enum ssb_mitigation_cmd cmd;
-} ssb_mitigation_options[]  __initconst = {
-	{ "auto",	SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_AUTO },    /* Platform decides */
-	{ "on",		SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_ON },      /* Disable Speculative Store Bypass */
-	{ "off",	SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_NONE },    /* Don't touch Speculative Store Bypass */
-	{ "prctl",	SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_PRCTL },   /* Disable Speculative Store Bypass via prctl */
-	{ "seccomp",	SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_SECCOMP }, /* Disable Speculative Store Bypass via prctl and seccomp */
-};
 
-static enum ssb_mitigation_cmd __init ssb_parse_cmdline(void)
+static int __init nossb_parse_cmdline(char *str)
 {
-	enum ssb_mitigation_cmd cmd;
+	nossb = true;
-	char arg[20];
+	ssb_mode = SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_NONE;
-	int ret, i;
+	return 0;
-
-	cmd = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MITIGATION_SSB) ?
-		SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_AUTO : SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_NONE;
-	if (cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line, "nospec_store_bypass_disable") ||
-	    cpu_mitigations_off()) {
-		return SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_NONE;
-	} else {
-		ret = cmdline_find_option(boot_command_line, "spec_store_bypass_disable",
-					  arg, sizeof(arg));
-		if (ret < 0)
-			return cmd;
-
-		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(ssb_mitigation_options); i++) {
-			if (!match_option(arg, ret, ssb_mitigation_options[i].option))
-				continue;
-
-			cmd = ssb_mitigation_options[i].cmd;
-			break;
 }
+early_param("nospec_store_bypass_disable", nossb_parse_cmdline);
 
-		if (i >= ARRAY_SIZE(ssb_mitigation_options)) {
+static int __init ssb_parse_cmdline(char *str)
-			pr_err("unknown option (%s). Switching to default mode\n", arg);
+{
-			return cmd;
+	if (!str)
-		}
+		return -EINVAL;
-	}
 
-	return cmd;
+	if (nossb)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (!strcmp(str, "auto"))
+		ssb_mode = SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_AUTO;
+	else if (!strcmp(str, "on"))
+		ssb_mode = SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_DISABLE;
+	else if (!strcmp(str, "off"))
+		ssb_mode = SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_NONE;
+	else if (!strcmp(str, "prctl"))
+		ssb_mode = SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_PRCTL;
+	else if (!strcmp(str, "seccomp"))
+		ssb_mode = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SECCOMP) ?
+			SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_SECCOMP : SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_PRCTL;
+	else
+		pr_err("Ignoring unknown spec_store_bypass_disable option (%s).\n",
+			str);
+
+	return 0;
 }
+early_param("spec_store_bypass_disable", ssb_parse_cmdline);
 
 static void __init ssb_select_mitigation(void)
 {
-	enum ssb_mitigation_cmd cmd;
+	if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_SPEC_STORE_BYPASS)) {
-
+		ssb_mode = SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_NONE;
-	if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SSBD))
-		goto out;
-
-	cmd = ssb_parse_cmdline();
-	if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_SPEC_STORE_BYPASS) &&
-	    (cmd == SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_NONE ||
-	     cmd == SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_AUTO))
 		return;
+	}
 
-	switch (cmd) {
+	if (ssb_mode == SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_AUTO) {
-	case SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_SECCOMP:
-		/*
-		 * Choose prctl+seccomp as the default mode if seccomp is
-		 * enabled.
-		 */
-		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SECCOMP))
-			ssb_mode = SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_SECCOMP;
-		else
-			ssb_mode = SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_PRCTL;
-		break;
-	case SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_ON:
-		ssb_mode = SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_DISABLE;
-		break;
-	case SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_AUTO:
 		if (should_mitigate_vuln(X86_BUG_SPEC_STORE_BYPASS))
 			ssb_mode = SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_PRCTL;
 		else
 			ssb_mode = SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_NONE;
-		break;
-	case SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_PRCTL:
-		ssb_mode = SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_PRCTL;
-		break;
-	case SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_NONE:
-		break;
 	}
 
-out:
+	if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SSBD))
-	if (boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_SPEC_STORE_BYPASS))
+		ssb_mode = SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_NONE;
+
 	pr_info("%s\n", ssb_strings[ssb_mode]);
 }
 
@@ -2846,6 +2805,7 @@ static int ssb_prctl_get(struct task_struct *task)
 		return PR_SPEC_DISABLE;
 	case SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_SECCOMP:
 	case SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_PRCTL:
+	case SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_AUTO:
 		if (task_spec_ssb_force_disable(task))
 			return PR_SPEC_PRCTL | PR_SPEC_FORCE_DISABLE;
 		if (task_spec_ssb_noexec(task))