arm64: proton-pack: Expose whether the platform is mitigated by firmware
is_spectre_bhb_fw_affected() allows the caller to determine if the CPU is known to need a firmware mitigation. CPUs are either on the list of CPUs we know about, or firmware has been queried and reported that the platform is affected - and mitigated by firmware. This helper is not useful to determine if the platform is mitigated by firmware. A CPU could be on the know list, but the firmware may not be implemented. Its affected but not mitigated. spectre_bhb_enable_mitigation() handles this distinction by checking the firmware state before enabling the mitigation. Add a helper to expose this state. This will be used by the BPF JIT to determine if calling firmware for a mitigation is necessary and supported. Signed-off-by:James Morse <james.morse@arm.com> Reviewed-by:
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
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