From: Mian Yousaf Kaukab <ykaukab@xxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 3891ebccace188af075ce143d8b072b65e90f695 ] spectre-v1 has been mitigated and the mitigation is always active. Report this to userspace via sysfs Signed-off-by: Mian Yousaf Kaukab <ykaukab@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> Acked-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c @@ -729,3 +729,9 @@ const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities arm6 { } }; + +ssize_t cpu_show_spectre_v1(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, + char *buf) +{ + return sprintf(buf, "Mitigation: __user pointer sanitization\n"); +}