Re: [PATCH v3 3/7] arm64: kpti: move check for non-vulnerable CPUs to a function

From: Jeremy Linton
Date: Fri Jan 18 2019 - 11:35:49 EST


Hi,

On 01/14/2019 05:32 AM, Suzuki K Poulose wrote:
Hi Jeremy,

On 09/01/2019 23:55, Jeremy Linton wrote:
From: Mian Yousaf Kaukab <ykaukab@xxxxxxx>

Add is_meltdown_safe() which is a whitelist of known safe cores.

Signed-off-by: Mian Yousaf Kaukab <ykaukab@xxxxxxx>
[Moved location of function]
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@xxxxxxx>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c | 15 +++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
index 4f272399de89..ab784d7a0083 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
@@ -947,8 +947,7 @@ has_useable_cnp(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *entry, int scope)
 #ifdef CONFIG_UNMAP_KERNEL_AT_EL0
 static int __kpti_forced; /* 0: not forced, >0: forced on, <0: forced off */
-static bool unmap_kernel_at_el0(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *entry,
-ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ int scope)
+static bool is_cpu_meltdown_safe(void)
 {
ÂÂÂÂÂ /* List of CPUs that are not vulnerable and don't need KPTI */
ÂÂÂÂÂ static const struct midr_range kpti_safe_list[] = {
@@ -962,6 +961,15 @@ static bool unmap_kernel_at_el0(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *entry,
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ MIDR_ALL_VERSIONS(MIDR_CORTEX_A73),
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ { /* sentinel */ }
ÂÂÂÂÂ };
+ÂÂÂ if (is_midr_in_range_list(read_cpuid_id(), kpti_safe_list))

nit: Does it make sense to rename the list to "meltdown_safe_list", to match the
function name ?

Also also, you may do :

ÂÂÂÂreturn is_midr_in_range_list(read_cpuid_id(), kpti_safe_list);

Either way

Reviewed-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@xxxxxxx>

Hi, again.

Part of the delay in responding to this one, has been the fact that originally meltodwn_safe() was being used in two places (which is why it was broken out). But that isn't true anymore, and this patch is effectively just fluff, so it seemed appropriate for the chopping block too, which is what i'm planning.