x86,bugs: Unconditionally allow spectre_v2=retpoline,amd

stable inclusion
from stable-v4.19.234
commit 1dd7efcfcccee59c974f56848739d4f5a5a570c7
category: bugfix
bugzilla: 186453, https://gitee.com/src-openeuler/kernel/issues/I50WBM


CVE: CVE-2022-0001

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commit f8a66d608a3e471e1202778c2a36cbdc96bae73b upstream.

Currently Linux prevents usage of retpoline,amd on !AMD hardware, this
is unfriendly and gets in the way of testing. Remove this restriction.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211026120310.487348118@infradead.org


[fllinden@amazon.com: backported to 4.19 (no Hygon in 4.19)]
Signed-off-by: Frank van der Linden <fllinden@amazon.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

Conflicts:
    arch/x85/kernel/cpu/bugs.c

Signed-off-by: Chen Jiahao <chenjiahao16@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Hanjun Guo <guohanjun@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Liao Chang <liaochang1@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Yongqiang Liu <liuyongqiang13@huawei.com>

arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c

@@ -839,13 +839,6 @@ static enum spectre_v2_mitigation_cmd __init spectre_v2_parse_cmdline(void)
 		return SPECTRE_V2_CMD_AUTO;
 	}
 
-	if (cmd == SPECTRE_V2_CMD_RETPOLINE_AMD &&
-	    boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_HYGON &&
-	    boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_AMD) {
-		pr_err("retpoline,amd selected but CPU is not AMD. Switching to AUTO select\n");
-		return SPECTRE_V2_CMD_AUTO;
-	}
-
 	spec_v2_print_cond(mitigation_options[i].option,
 			   mitigation_options[i].secure);
 	return cmd;