Re: [PATCH for-stable-4.19] arm64: Use firmware to detect CPUs that are not affected by Spectre-v2

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On Wed, Oct 09, 2019 at 11:10:23AM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> From: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx>
> 
> [ Upstream commit 517953c2c47f9c00a002f588ac856a5bc70cede3 ]
> 
> The SMCCC ARCH_WORKAROUND_1 service can indicate that although the
> firmware knows about the Spectre-v2 mitigation, this particular
> CPU is not vulnerable, and it is thus not necessary to call
> the firmware on this CPU.
> 
> Let's use this information to our benefit.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@xxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@xxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@xxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c | 32 ++++++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

Now queued up, thanks.

greg k-h



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