From: Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@xxxxxxx>
commit cb3d6759a93c6d0aea1c10deb6d00e111c29c19c upstream.
Check what firmware told us and enable/disable the barrier_nospec as
appropriate.
We err on the side of enabling the barrier, as it's no-op on older
systems, see the comment for more detail.
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/include/asm/setup.h | 1 +
arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c | 1 +
arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c | 1 +
4 files changed, 62 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/setup.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/setup.h
index fed0b352e24f..ac4002e5a09e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/setup.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/setup.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ enum l1d_flush_type {
void setup_rfi_flush(enum l1d_flush_type, bool enable);
void do_rfi_flush_fixups(enum l1d_flush_type types);
+void setup_barrier_nospec(void);
void do_barrier_nospec_fixups(bool enable);
extern bool barrier_nospec_enabled;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c
index a1ae02f9d03d..ae15f53b23d7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c
@@ -24,6 +24,65 @@ static void enable_barrier_nospec(bool enable)
do_barrier_nospec_fixups(enable);
}
+void setup_barrier_nospec(void)
+{
+ bool enable;
+
+ /*
+ * It would make sense to check SEC_FTR_SPEC_BAR_ORI31 below as well.
+ * But there's a good reason not to. The two flags we check below are
+ * both are enabled by default in the kernel, so if the hcall is not
+ * functional they will be enabled.
+ * On a system where the host firmware has been updated (so the ori
+ * functions as a barrier), but on which the hypervisor (KVM/Qemu) has
+ * not been updated, we would like to enable the barrier. Dropping the
+ * check for SEC_FTR_SPEC_BAR_ORI31 achieves that. The only downside is
+ * we potentially enable the barrier on systems where the host firmware
+ * is not updated, but that's harmless as it's a no-op.
+ */
+ enable = security_ftr_enabled(SEC_FTR_FAVOUR_SECURITY) &&
+ security_ftr_enabled(SEC_FTR_BNDS_CHK_SPEC_BAR);
+
+ enable_barrier_nospec(enable);
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
+static int barrier_nospec_set(void *data, u64 val)
+{
+ switch (val) {
+ case 0:
+ case 1:
+ break;
+ default:
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ if (!!val == !!barrier_nospec_enabled)
+ return 0;
+
+ enable_barrier_nospec(!!val);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int barrier_nospec_get(void *data, u64 *val)
+{
+ *val = barrier_nospec_enabled ? 1 : 0;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(fops_barrier_nospec,
+ barrier_nospec_get, barrier_nospec_set, "%llu\n");
+
+static __init int barrier_nospec_debugfs_init(void)
+{
+ debugfs_create_file("barrier_nospec", 0600, powerpc_debugfs_root, NULL,
+ &fops_barrier_nospec);
+ return 0;
+}
+device_initcall(barrier_nospec_debugfs_init);
+#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_FS */
+
ssize_t cpu_show_meltdown(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
{
bool thread_priv;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c
index c3df9e1ad135..0fe70973e3a3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ static void pnv_setup_rfi_flush(void)
security_ftr_enabled(SEC_FTR_L1D_FLUSH_HV));
setup_rfi_flush(type, enable);
+ setup_barrier_nospec();
}
static void __init pnv_setup_arch(void)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
index 1e2b61d178b8..0a6e091a6778 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
@@ -574,6 +574,7 @@ void pseries_setup_rfi_flush(void)
security_ftr_enabled(SEC_FTR_L1D_FLUSH_PR);
setup_rfi_flush(types, enable);
+ setup_barrier_nospec();
}
static void __init pSeries_setup_arch(void)
--
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