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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h10
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diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
index 9ec3d4d448cd..d1c2630922da 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
@@ -228,6 +228,16 @@ enum spectre_v2_mitigation {
extern void x86_spec_ctrl_set(u64);
extern u64 x86_spec_ctrl_get_default(void);
+/*
+ * On VMENTER we must preserve whatever view of the SPEC_CTRL MSR
+ * the guest has, while on VMEXIT we restore the host view. This
+ * would be easier if SPEC_CTRL were architecturally maskable or
+ * shadowable for guests but this is not (currently) the case.
+ * Takes the guest view of SPEC_CTRL MSR as a parameter.
+ */
+extern void x86_spec_ctrl_set_guest(u64);
+extern void x86_spec_ctrl_restore_host(u64);
+
extern char __indirect_thunk_start[];
extern char __indirect_thunk_end[];