linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] x86/retpoline: Add feature bit for additional return buffer protections

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Date:   Tue, 23 Jan 2018 14:39:15 -0800
From:   Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:     tglx@...utronix.de
Cc:     dwmw@...zon.co.uk, thomas.lendacky@....com, peterz@...radead.org,
        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, luto@...capital.net, x86@...nel.org,
        gregkh@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] x86/retpoline: Add feature bit for additional return buffer protections

From: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>

On Skylake we want additional protections against spectre_v2
over the normal RETPOLINE against underflowing return buffers.

On return buffer underflow the CPU could fall back to
the poisoned indirect branch predictor.

This patch adds a feature bit, only enabled on Skylake,
to enable additional return buffer underflow protections

This will be used in the next patches

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h | 1 +
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c         | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
index 25b9375c1484..85108eb1876b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@
 
 #define X86_FEATURE_MBA			( 7*32+18) /* Memory Bandwidth Allocation */
 #define X86_FEATURE_RSB_CTXSW		( 7*32+19) /* Fill RSB on context switches */
+#define X86_FEATURE_RSB_UNDERFLOW	( 7*32+20) /* Avoid return stack underflows */
 
 /* Virtualization flags: Linux defined, word 8 */
 #define X86_FEATURE_TPR_SHADOW		( 8*32+ 0) /* Intel TPR Shadow */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index 390b3dc3d438..68d449d51673 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -249,6 +249,11 @@ static void __init spectre_v2_select_mitigation(void)
 		setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_RSB_CTXSW);
 		pr_info("Filling RSB on context switch\n");
 	}
+
+	if (is_skylake_era()) {
+		setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_RSB_UNDERFLOW);
+		pr_info("Enabling return buffer underflow protections");
+	}
 }
 
 #undef pr_fmt
-- 
2.14.3