linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 16/16] arm64: Add ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND

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Date:   Thu, 1 Feb 2018 14:52:26 +0800
From:   Hanjun Guo <guohanjun@...wei.com>
To:     Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
CC:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        kvmarm <kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@...aro.org>,
        Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@...aro.org>,
        Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        "Robin Murphy" <robin.murphy@....com>, Jon Masters <jcm@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 16/16] arm64: Add ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_1 BP
 hardening support

On 2018/2/1 10:40, Hanjun Guo wrote:
> On 2018/1/31 23:05, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>> On 31/01/18 14:38, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>>> On 31 January 2018 at 14:35, Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org> wrote:
>>>> On 31 January 2018 at 14:11, Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com> wrote:
>>>>> On 31/01/18 13:56, Hanjun Guo wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Marc,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2018/1/30 1:45, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>>>>>>>  static int enable_psci_bp_hardening(void *data)
>>>>>>>  {
>>>>>>>      const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *entry = data;
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -    if (psci_ops.get_version)
>>>>>>> +    if (psci_ops.get_version) {
>>>>>>> +            if (check_smccc_arch_workaround_1(entry))
>>>>>>> +                    return 0;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If I'm using the new version SMCCC, the firmware have the choicARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_1e to decide
>>>>>> whether this machine needs the workaround, even if the CPU is vulnerable
>>>>>> for CVE-2017-5715, but..
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>              install_bp_hardening_cb(entry,
>>>>>>>                                     (bp_hardening_cb_t)psci_ops.get_version,
>>>>>>>                                     __psci_hyp_bp_inval_start,
>>>>>>>                                     __psci_hyp_bp_inval_end);
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ..the code above seems will enable get_psci_version() for CPU and will
>>>>>> trap to trust firmware even the new version of firmware didn't say
>>>>>> we need the workaround, did I understand it correctly?
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, you only get there if we've established that your CPU is affected
>>>>> (it has an entry matching its MIDR with the HARDEN_BRANCH_PREDICTOR
>>>>> capability), and that entry points to enable_psci_bp_hardening. It is
> 
> I understand, but A53, A57, A72 and etc are always in the list :)

Sorry, A53 is not susceptible to branch predictor aliasing..

Thanks
Hanjun