x86/bugs: Add AMD's variant of SSB_NO

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commit 2480986001 upstream.

The AMD document outlining the SSBD handling
124441_AMD64_SpeculativeStoreBypassDisable_Whitepaper_final.pdf
mentions that the CPUID 8000_0008.EBX[26] will mean that the
speculative store bypass disable is no longer needed.

A copy of this document is available at:
    https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199889

Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
Cc: Janakarajan Natarajan <Janakarajan.Natarajan@amd.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: andrew.cooper3@citrix.com
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180601145921.9500-2-konrad.wilk@oracle.com
[bwh: Backported to 3.16:
 - The feature bit is in feature word 11
 - Adjust filename, context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>

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Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk 2018-06-01 10:59:19 -04:00 • committed by Ben Hutchings

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arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c

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