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Diffstat (limited to 'tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/security/spectre_v2.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/security/spectre_v2.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/security/spectre_v2.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/security/spectre_v2.c index 8c6b982af2a8..c8d82b784102 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/security/spectre_v2.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/security/spectre_v2.c @@ -183,6 +183,16 @@ int spectre_v2_test(void) if (miss_percent > 15) { printf("Branch misses > 15%% unexpected in this configuration!\n"); printf("Possible mis-match between reported & actual mitigation\n"); + /* + * Such a mismatch may be caused by a guest system + * reporting as vulnerable when the host is mitigated. + * Return skip code to avoid detecting this as an error. + * We are not vulnerable and reporting otherwise, so + * missing such a mismatch is safe. + */ + if (state == VULNERABLE) + return 4; + return 1; } break; |