From: "Christopher M. Riedl" <cmr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit d8f0e0b073e1ec52a05f0c2a56318b47387d2f10 upstream. Add support for disabling the kernel implemented spectre v2 mitigation (count cache flush on context switch) via the nospectre_v2 and mitigations=off cmdline options. Suggested-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Christopher M. Riedl <cmr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andrew Donnellan <ajd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190524024647.381-1-cmr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Daniel Axtens <dja@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ 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 +#if defined(CONFIG_PPC_FSL_BOOK3E) || defined(CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64) static bool no_spectrev2; #endif @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static __init int security_feature_debug device_initcall(security_feature_debugfs_init); #endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_FS */ -#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_FSL_BOOK3E +#if defined(CONFIG_PPC_FSL_BOOK3E) || defined(CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64) static int __init handle_nospectre_v2(char *p) { no_spectrev2 = true; @@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ static int __init handle_nospectre_v2(ch return 0; } early_param("nospectre_v2", handle_nospectre_v2); +#endif /* CONFIG_PPC_FSL_BOOK3E || CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64 */ + +#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_FSL_BOOK3E void setup_spectre_v2(void) { if (no_spectrev2 || cpu_mitigations_off()) @@ -399,7 +402,17 @@ static void toggle_count_cache_flush(boo void setup_count_cache_flush(void) { - toggle_count_cache_flush(true); + bool enable = true; + + if (no_spectrev2 || cpu_mitigations_off()) { + if (security_ftr_enabled(SEC_FTR_BCCTRL_SERIALISED) || + security_ftr_enabled(SEC_FTR_COUNT_CACHE_DISABLED)) + pr_warn("Spectre v2 mitigations not under software control, can't disable\n"); + + enable = false; + } + + toggle_count_cache_flush(enable); } #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
