4.14-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Diana Craciun <diana.craciun@xxxxxxx>
commit f633a8ad636efb5d4bba1a047d4a0f1ef719aa06 upstream.
When the command line argument is present, the Spectre variant 2
mitigations are disabled.
Signed-off-by: Diana Craciun <diana.craciun@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/include/asm/setup.h | 5 +++++
arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 26 insertions(+)
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/setup.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/setup.h
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ void do_barrier_nospec_fixups_range(bool
static inline void do_barrier_nospec_fixups_range(bool enable, void *start, void *end) { };
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_FSL_BOOK3E
+void setup_spectre_v2(void);
+#else
+static inline void setup_spectre_v2(void) {};
+#endif
void do_btb_flush_fixups(void);
#endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ 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
+static bool no_spectrev2;
+#endif
static void enable_barrier_nospec(bool enable)
{
@@ -101,6 +105,23 @@ static __init int barrier_nospec_debugfs
device_initcall(barrier_nospec_debugfs_init);
#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_FS */
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_FSL_BOOK3E
+static int __init handle_nospectre_v2(char *p)
+{
+ no_spectrev2 = true;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+early_param("nospectre_v2", handle_nospectre_v2);
+void setup_spectre_v2(void)
+{
+ if (no_spectrev2)
+ do_btb_flush_fixups();
+ else
+ btb_flush_enabled = true;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_PPC_FSL_BOOK3E */
+
#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64
ssize_t cpu_show_meltdown(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
{
