This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
x86/spectre: Simplify spectre_v2 command line parsing
to the 4.9-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
x86-spectre-simplify-spectre_v2-command-line-parsing.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From foo@baz Thu Feb 8 03:32:24 CET 2018
From: KarimAllah Ahmed <karahmed@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 11:27:21 +0000
Subject: x86/spectre: Simplify spectre_v2 command line parsing
From: KarimAllah Ahmed <karahmed@xxxxxxxxx>
(cherry picked from commit 9005c6834c0ffdfe46afa76656bd9276cca864f6)
[dwmw2: Use ARRAY_SIZE]
Signed-off-by: KarimAllah Ahmed <karahmed@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: bp@xxxxxxxxx
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1517484441-1420-3-git-send-email-dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 84 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
1 file changed, 55 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -118,13 +118,13 @@ static inline const char *spectre_v2_mod
static void __init spec2_print_if_insecure(const char *reason)
{
if (boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_SPECTRE_V2))
- pr_info("%s\n", reason);
+ pr_info("%s selected on command line.\n", reason);
}
static void __init spec2_print_if_secure(const char *reason)
{
if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_SPECTRE_V2))
- pr_info("%s\n", reason);
+ pr_info("%s selected on command line.\n", reason);
}
static inline bool retp_compiler(void)
@@ -139,42 +139,68 @@ static inline bool match_option(const ch
return len == arglen && !strncmp(arg, opt, len);
}
+static const struct {
+ const char *option;
+ enum spectre_v2_mitigation_cmd cmd;
+ bool secure;
+} mitigation_options[] = {
+ { "off", SPECTRE_V2_CMD_NONE, false },
+ { "on", SPECTRE_V2_CMD_FORCE, true },
+ { "retpoline", SPECTRE_V2_CMD_RETPOLINE, false },
+ { "retpoline,amd", SPECTRE_V2_CMD_RETPOLINE_AMD, false },
+ { "retpoline,generic", SPECTRE_V2_CMD_RETPOLINE_GENERIC, false },
+ { "auto", SPECTRE_V2_CMD_AUTO, false },
+};
+
static enum spectre_v2_mitigation_cmd __init spectre_v2_parse_cmdline(void)
{
char arg[20];
- int ret;
+ int ret, i;
+ enum spectre_v2_mitigation_cmd cmd = SPECTRE_V2_CMD_AUTO;
+
+ if (cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line, "nospectre_v2"))
+ return SPECTRE_V2_CMD_NONE;
+ else {
+ ret = cmdline_find_option(boot_command_line, "spectre_v2", arg,
+ sizeof(arg));
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return SPECTRE_V2_CMD_AUTO;
- ret = cmdline_find_option(boot_command_line, "spectre_v2", arg,
- sizeof(arg));
- if (ret > 0) {
- if (match_option(arg, ret, "off")) {
- goto disable;
- } else if (match_option(arg, ret, "on")) {
- spec2_print_if_secure("force enabled on command line.");
- return SPECTRE_V2_CMD_FORCE;
- } else if (match_option(arg, ret, "retpoline")) {
- spec2_print_if_insecure("retpoline selected on command line.");
- return SPECTRE_V2_CMD_RETPOLINE;
- } else if (match_option(arg, ret, "retpoline,amd")) {
- if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_AMD) {
- pr_err("retpoline,amd selected but CPU is not AMD. Switching to AUTO select\n");
- return SPECTRE_V2_CMD_AUTO;
- }
- spec2_print_if_insecure("AMD retpoline selected on command line.");
- return SPECTRE_V2_CMD_RETPOLINE_AMD;
- } else if (match_option(arg, ret, "retpoline,generic")) {
- spec2_print_if_insecure("generic retpoline selected on command line.");
- return SPECTRE_V2_CMD_RETPOLINE_GENERIC;
- } else if (match_option(arg, ret, "auto")) {
+ for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(mitigation_options); i++) {
+ if (!match_option(arg, ret, mitigation_options[i].option))
+ continue;
+ cmd = mitigation_options[i].cmd;
+ break;
+ }
+
+ if (i >= ARRAY_SIZE(mitigation_options)) {
+ pr_err("unknown option (%s). Switching to AUTO select\n",
+ mitigation_options[i].option);
return SPECTRE_V2_CMD_AUTO;
}
}
- if (!cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line, "nospectre_v2"))
+ if ((cmd == SPECTRE_V2_CMD_RETPOLINE ||
+ cmd == SPECTRE_V2_CMD_RETPOLINE_AMD ||
+ cmd == SPECTRE_V2_CMD_RETPOLINE_GENERIC) &&
+ !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RETPOLINE)) {
+ pr_err("%s selected but not compiled in. Switching to AUTO select\n",
+ mitigation_options[i].option);
return SPECTRE_V2_CMD_AUTO;
-disable:
- spec2_print_if_insecure("disabled on command line.");
- return SPECTRE_V2_CMD_NONE;
+ }
+
+ if (cmd == SPECTRE_V2_CMD_RETPOLINE_AMD &&
+ boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_AMD) {
+ pr_err("retpoline,amd selected but CPU is not AMD. Switching to AUTO select\n");
+ return SPECTRE_V2_CMD_AUTO;
+ }
+
+ if (mitigation_options[i].secure)
+ spec2_print_if_secure(mitigation_options[i].option);
+ else
+ spec2_print_if_insecure(mitigation_options[i].option);
+
+ return cmd;
}
/* Check for Skylake-like CPUs (for RSB handling) */
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from karahmed@xxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.9/kvm-vmx-allow-direct-access-to-msr_ia32_spec_ctrl.patch
queue-4.9/kvm-x86-add-ibpb-support.patch
queue-4.9/kvm-svm-allow-direct-access-to-msr_ia32_spec_ctrl.patch
queue-4.9/x86-cpufeatures-add-intel-feature-bits-for-speculation-control.patch
queue-4.9/x86-retpoline-simplify-vmexit_fill_rsb.patch
queue-4.9/x86-cpufeatures-clean-up-spectre-v2-related-cpuid-flags.patch
queue-4.9/x86-cpufeatures-add-cpuid_7_edx-cpuid-leaf.patch
queue-4.9/x86-cpufeature-blacklist-spec_ctrl-pred_cmd-on-early-spectre-v2-microcodes.patch
queue-4.9/x86-retpoline-avoid-retpolines-for-built-in-__init-functions.patch
queue-4.9/x86-cpuid-fix-up-virtual-ibrs-ibpb-stibp-feature-bits-on-intel.patch
queue-4.9/x86-cpufeatures-add-amd-feature-bits-for-speculation-control.patch
queue-4.9/x86-spectre-simplify-spectre_v2-command-line-parsing.patch
queue-4.9/x86-msr-add-definitions-for-new-speculation-control-msrs.patch
queue-4.9/x86-speculation-add-basic-ibpb-indirect-branch-prediction-barrier-support.patch
queue-4.9/kvm-vmx-emulate-msr_ia32_arch_capabilities.patch
queue-4.9/x86-pti-do-not-enable-pti-on-cpus-which-are-not-vulnerable-to-meltdown.patch