Re: [PATCH v5 01/10] arm64: Provide a command line to disable spectre_v2 mitigation

[Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Jeremy

On 27/02/2019 01:05, Jeremy Linton wrote:
> There are various reasons, including bencmarking, to disable spectrev2
> mitigation on a machine. Provide a command-line to do so.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c
> index 9950bb0cbd52..d2b2c69d31bb 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c
> @@ -220,6 +220,14 @@ static void qcom_link_stack_sanitization(void)
>   		     : "=&r" (tmp));
>   }
>   
> +static bool __nospectre_v2;
> +static int __init parse_nospectre_v2(char *str)
> +{
> +	__nospectre_v2 = true;
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +early_param("nospectre_v2", parse_nospectre_v2);
> +
>   static void
>   enable_smccc_arch_workaround_1(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *entry)
>   {
> @@ -231,6 +239,11 @@ enable_smccc_arch_workaround_1(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *entry)
>   	if (!entry->matches(entry, SCOPE_LOCAL_CPU))
>   		return;
>   
> +	if (__nospectre_v2) {
> +		pr_info_once("spectrev2 mitigation disabled by command line option\n");
> +		return;
> +	}
> +

Could we not disable the "cap" altogether instead, rather than disabling the
work around ? Or do we need that information ?

Cheers
Suzuki