[PATCH 4.14 208/211] powerpc/64s: support nospectre_v2 cmdline option
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Wed Nov 27 2019 - 16:31:27 EST
From: "Christopher M. Riedl" <cmr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit d8f0e0b073e1ec52a05f0c2a56318b47387d2f10 upstream.
Add support for disabling the kernel implemented spectre v2 mitigation
(count cache flush on context switch) via the nospectre_v2 and
mitigations=off cmdline options.
Suggested-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Christopher M. Riedl <cmr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Donnellan <ajd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190524024647.381-1-cmr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Daniel Axtens <dja@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ static enum count_cache_flush_type count
bool barrier_nospec_enabled;
static bool no_nospec;
static bool btb_flush_enabled;
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_FSL_BOOK3E
+#if defined(CONFIG_PPC_FSL_BOOK3E) || defined(CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64)
static bool no_spectrev2;
#endif
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ static __init int barrier_nospec_debugfs
device_initcall(barrier_nospec_debugfs_init);
#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_FS */
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_FSL_BOOK3E
+#if defined(CONFIG_PPC_FSL_BOOK3E) || defined(CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64)
static int __init handle_nospectre_v2(char *p)
{
no_spectrev2 = true;
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ static int __init handle_nospectre_v2(ch
return 0;
}
early_param("nospectre_v2", handle_nospectre_v2);
+#endif /* CONFIG_PPC_FSL_BOOK3E || CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64 */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_FSL_BOOK3E
void setup_spectre_v2(void)
{
if (no_spectrev2 || cpu_mitigations_off())
@@ -391,7 +394,17 @@ static void toggle_count_cache_flush(boo
void setup_count_cache_flush(void)
{
- toggle_count_cache_flush(true);
+ bool enable = true;
+
+ if (no_spectrev2 || cpu_mitigations_off()) {
+ if (security_ftr_enabled(SEC_FTR_BCCTRL_SERIALISED) ||
+ security_ftr_enabled(SEC_FTR_COUNT_CACHE_DISABLED))
+ pr_warn("Spectre v2 mitigations not under software control, can't disable\n");
+
+ enable = false;
+ }
+
+ toggle_count_cache_flush(enable);
}
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS