Currently x86_spec_ctrl_base is read at boot time, and speculative bits
are set if configs are enable, such as MSR[SPEC_CTRL_IBRS] is enabled if
CONFIG_CPU_IBRS_ENTRY is configured. These MSR bits are not cleared if
the mitigations are disabled.
This is a problem when kexec-ing a kernel that has the mitigation
disabled, from a kernel that has the mitigation enabled. In this case,
the MSR bits are carried forward and not cleared at the boot of the new
kernel. This might have some performance degradation that is hard to
find.
This problem does not happen if the machine is (hard) rebooted, because
the bit will be cleared by default.
Suggested-by: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h | 4 ++++
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 10 +++++++++-
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
index 4a2af82553e4..22986a8f18bc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@
#define SPEC_CTRL_RRSBA_DIS_S_SHIFT 6 /* Disable RRSBA behavior */
#define SPEC_CTRL_RRSBA_DIS_S BIT(SPEC_CTRL_RRSBA_DIS_S_SHIFT)
+/* A mask for bits which the kernel toggles when controlling mitigations */
+#define SPEC_CTRL_MITIGATIONS_MASK (SPEC_CTRL_IBRS | SPEC_CTRL_STIBP | SPEC_CTRL_SSBD \
+ | SPEC_CTRL_RRSBA_DIS_S)
+
#define MSR_IA32_PRED_CMD 0x00000049 /* Prediction Command */
#define PRED_CMD_IBPB BIT(0) /* Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index 3e3230cccaa7..4030358216c8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -137,8 +137,16 @@ void __init check_bugs(void)
* have unknown values. AMD64_LS_CFG MSR is cached in the early AMD
* init code as it is not enumerated and depends on the family.
*/
- if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_MSR_SPEC_CTRL))
+ if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_MSR_SPEC_CTRL)) {
rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL, x86_spec_ctrl_base);
+ /*
+ * Previously running software, like kexec for example, may
+ * have some controls turned ON.
+ * Clear them and let the mitigations setup below set them
+ * based on configuration.
+ */
+ x86_spec_ctrl_base &= ~SPEC_CTRL_MITIGATIONS_MASK;
+ }
/* Select the proper CPU mitigations before patching alternatives: */
spectre_v1_select_mitigation();
--
2.30.2
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