[PATCH 2/2] x86/speculation: Simplify indirect_branch_prediction_barrier()

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Fri Jan 26 2018 - 15:08:30 EST


Make it all a function which does the WRMSR instead of having a hairy
inline asm.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h | 2 +-
arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h | 13 ++++---------
arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 4 ++++
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 7 +++++++
4 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
index 6c6d862d66a1..6c033f6adc24 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
#define X86_FEATURE_MBA ( 7*32+18) /* Memory Bandwidth Allocation */
#define X86_FEATURE_RSB_CTXSW ( 7*32+19) /* Fill RSB on context switches */

-#define X86_FEATURE_IBPB ( 7*32+21) /* Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier enabled*/
+#define X86_FEATURE_IBPB ( 7*32+21) /* Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier enabled */

/* Virtualization flags: Linux defined, word 8 */
#define X86_FEATURE_TPR_SHADOW ( 8*32+ 0) /* Intel TPR Shadow */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
index 4f88e1b2599f..71ae2dd65259 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
@@ -183,15 +183,10 @@ static inline void vmexit_fill_RSB(void)

static inline void indirect_branch_prediction_barrier(void)
{
- asm volatile(ALTERNATIVE("",
- "movl %[msr], %%ecx\n\t"
- "movl %[val], %%eax\n\t"
- "movl $0, %%edx\n\t"
- "wrmsr",
- X86_FEATURE_IBPB)
- : : [msr] "i" (MSR_IA32_PRED_CMD),
- [val] "i" (PRED_CMD_IBPB)
- : "eax", "ecx", "edx", "memory");
+ alternative_input("",
+ "call __ibp_barrier",
+ X86_FEATURE_IBPB,
+ ASM_NO_INPUT_CLOBBER("eax", "ecx", "edx", "memory"));
}

#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index d3a67fba200a..4d372f1cea5a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -971,4 +971,8 @@ bool xen_set_default_idle(void);

void stop_this_cpu(void *dummy);
void df_debug(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE
+void __ibp_barrier(void);
+#endif
#endif /* _ASM_X86_PROCESSOR_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index be068aea6bda..448410fcffcf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -304,3 +304,10 @@ ssize_t cpu_show_spectre_v2(struct device *dev,
spectre_v2_bad_module ? " - vulnerable module loaded" : "");
}
#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE
+void __ibp_barrier(void)
+{
+ __wrmsr(MSR_IA32_PRED_CMD, PRED_CMD_IBPB, 0);
+}
+#endif
--
2.13.0


--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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