Re: [PATCH v4 06/12] arm64: add sysfs vulnerability show for spectre v1

From: Andre Przywara
Date: Thu Jan 31 2019 - 12:52:26 EST


On Fri, 25 Jan 2019 12:07:05 -0600
Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi,

> From: Mian Yousaf Kaukab <ykaukab@xxxxxxx>
>
> spectre v1, has been mitigated, and the mitigation is
> always active.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mian Yousaf Kaukab <ykaukab@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c | 10 ++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c
> index de09a3537cd4..ef636acf5604 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c
> @@ -730,3 +730,13 @@ const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities arm64_errata[] = {
> {
> }
> };
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_CPU_VULNERABILITIES
> +
> +ssize_t cpu_show_spectre_v1(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
> + char *buf)

w/s issue. Other than that:

Reviewed-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@xxxxxxx>

Cheers,
Andre.

> +{
> + return sprintf(buf, "Mitigation: __user pointer sanitization\n");
> +}
> +
> +#endif