[PATCH v2] x86/speculation: Allow IBPB to be conditionally enabled on CPUs with always-on STIBP

[Anand K Mistry]

On AMD CPUs which have the feature X86_FEATURE_AMD_STIBP_ALWAYS_ON,
STIBP is set to on and 'spectre_v2_user_stibp ==
SPECTRE_V2_USER_STRICT_PREFERRED'. At the same time, IBPB can be set to
conditional. However, this leads to the case where it's impossible to
turn on IBPB for a process because in the PR_SPEC_DISABLE case in
ib_prctl_set, the (spectre_v2_user_stibp ==
SPECTRE_V2_USER_STRICT_PREFERRED) condition leads to a return before the
task flag is set. Similarly, ib_prctl_get will return PR_SPEC_DISABLE
even though IBPB is set to conditional.

More generally, the following cases are possible:
1. STIBP = conditional && IBPB = on for spectre_v2_user=seccomp,ibpb
2. STIBP = on && IBPB = conditional for AMD CPUs with
   X86_FEATURE_AMD_STIBP_ALWAYS_ON

The first case functions correctly today, but only because
spectre_v2_user_ibpb isn't updated to reflect the IBPB mode.

At a high level, this change does one thing. If either STIBP or IBPB is
set to conditional, allow the prctl to change the task flag. Also,
reflect that capability when querying the state. This isn't perfect
since it doesn't take into account if only STIBP or IBPB is
unconditionally on. But it allows the conditional feature to work as
expected, without affecting the unconditional one.

Signed-off-by: Anand K Mistry <amistry@xxxxxxxxxx>

---

Changes in v2:
- Fix typo in commit message
- s/is_spec_ib_user/is_spec_ib_user_controlled
- Update comment in ib_prctl_set() to reference X86_FEATURE_AMD_STIBP_ALWAYS_ON
- Have is_spec_ib_user_controlled() check both IBPB and STIBP modes

 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index d3f0db463f96..534225afe832 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -1254,6 +1254,14 @@ static int ssb_prctl_set(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long ctrl)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static bool is_spec_ib_user_controlled(void)
+{
+	return spectre_v2_user_ibpb == SPECTRE_V2_USER_PRCTL ||
+		spectre_v2_user_ibpb == SPECTRE_V2_USER_SECCOMP ||
+		spectre_v2_user_stibp == SPECTRE_V2_USER_PRCTL ||
+		spectre_v2_user_stibp == SPECTRE_V2_USER_SECCOMP;
+}
+
 static int ib_prctl_set(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long ctrl)
 {
 	switch (ctrl) {
@@ -1262,13 +1270,20 @@ static int ib_prctl_set(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long ctrl)
 		    spectre_v2_user_stibp == SPECTRE_V2_USER_NONE)
 			return 0;
 		/*
-		 * Indirect branch speculation is always disabled in strict
-		 * mode. It can neither be enabled if it was force-disabled
-		 * by a  previous prctl call.
+		 * With strict mode for both IBPB and STIBP, the instruction
+		 * code paths avoid checking this task flag and instead,
+		 * unconditionally run the instruction. However, STIBP and IBPB
+		 * are independent and either can be set to conditionally
+		 * enabled regardless of the mode of the other. If either is set
+		 * to conditional, allow the task flag to be updated, unless it
+		 * was force-disabled by a previous prctl call.
+		 * Currently, this is possible on an AMD CPU which has the
+		 * feature X86_FEATURE_AMD_STIBP_ALWAYS_ON. In this case, if the
+		 * kernel is booted with 'spectre_v2_user=seccomp', then
+		 * spectre_v2_user_ibpb == SPECTRE_V2_USER_SECCOMP and
+		 * spectre_v2_user_stibp == SPECTRE_V2_USER_STRICT_PREFERRED.
 		 */
-		if (spectre_v2_user_ibpb == SPECTRE_V2_USER_STRICT ||
-		    spectre_v2_user_stibp == SPECTRE_V2_USER_STRICT ||
-		    spectre_v2_user_stibp == SPECTRE_V2_USER_STRICT_PREFERRED ||
+		if (!is_spec_ib_user_controlled() ||
 		    task_spec_ib_force_disable(task))
 			return -EPERM;
 		task_clear_spec_ib_disable(task);
@@ -1283,9 +1298,7 @@ static int ib_prctl_set(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long ctrl)
 		if (spectre_v2_user_ibpb == SPECTRE_V2_USER_NONE &&
 		    spectre_v2_user_stibp == SPECTRE_V2_USER_NONE)
 			return -EPERM;
-		if (spectre_v2_user_ibpb == SPECTRE_V2_USER_STRICT ||
-		    spectre_v2_user_stibp == SPECTRE_V2_USER_STRICT ||
-		    spectre_v2_user_stibp == SPECTRE_V2_USER_STRICT_PREFERRED)
+		if (!is_spec_ib_user_controlled())
 			return 0;
 		task_set_spec_ib_disable(task);
 		if (ctrl == PR_SPEC_FORCE_DISABLE)
@@ -1351,20 +1364,17 @@ static int ib_prctl_get(struct task_struct *task)
 	if (spectre_v2_user_ibpb == SPECTRE_V2_USER_NONE &&
 	    spectre_v2_user_stibp == SPECTRE_V2_USER_NONE)
 		return PR_SPEC_ENABLE;
-	else if (spectre_v2_user_ibpb == SPECTRE_V2_USER_STRICT ||
-	    spectre_v2_user_stibp == SPECTRE_V2_USER_STRICT ||
-	    spectre_v2_user_stibp == SPECTRE_V2_USER_STRICT_PREFERRED)
-		return PR_SPEC_DISABLE;
-	else if (spectre_v2_user_ibpb == SPECTRE_V2_USER_PRCTL ||
-	    spectre_v2_user_ibpb == SPECTRE_V2_USER_SECCOMP ||
-	    spectre_v2_user_stibp == SPECTRE_V2_USER_PRCTL ||
-	    spectre_v2_user_stibp == SPECTRE_V2_USER_SECCOMP) {
+	else if (is_spec_ib_user_controlled()) {
 		if (task_spec_ib_force_disable(task))
 			return PR_SPEC_PRCTL | PR_SPEC_FORCE_DISABLE;
 		if (task_spec_ib_disable(task))
 			return PR_SPEC_PRCTL | PR_SPEC_DISABLE;
 		return PR_SPEC_PRCTL | PR_SPEC_ENABLE;
-	} else
+	} else if (spectre_v2_user_ibpb == SPECTRE_V2_USER_STRICT ||
+	    spectre_v2_user_stibp == SPECTRE_V2_USER_STRICT ||
+	    spectre_v2_user_stibp == SPECTRE_V2_USER_STRICT_PREFERRED)
+		return PR_SPEC_DISABLE;
+	else
 		return PR_SPEC_NOT_AFFECTED;
 }
 
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