linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] Loongson-2F: Flush the branch target history such as BTB and RAS

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:27:42 +0900
From:	Shinya Kuribayashi <shinya.kuribayashi@...el.com>
To:	Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@...il.com>
CC:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>,
	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Loongson-2F: Flush the branch target history such
 as BTB and RAS

Wu Zhangjin wrote:
> From: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@...il.com>
> 
> As the Chapter 15: "Errata: Issue of Out-of-order in loongson"[1] shows, to
> workaround the Issue of Loongson-2F，We need to do:
> 
> "When switching from user model to kernel model, you should flush the branch
> target history such as BTB and RAS."

Just wondered, model or mode?

> This patch did clear BTB(branch target buffer), forbid RAS(row address strobe)
> via Loongson-2F's 64bit diagnostic register.

Are you sure that RAS represents "Row Address Strobe", not "Return
Address Stack?"

By the way, we have a similar local workaround for vr55xx processors
when switching from kernel mode to user mode.  It's not necessarily
related to out-of-order issues, but we need to prevent the processor
from doing instruction prefetch beyond "eret" instruction.

In the long term, it would be appreciated that the kernel has a set
of hooks when switching KUX-modes, so that each machine could have
his own, processor-specific treatmens.

  Shinya

> [1] Chinese Version: http://www.loongson.cn/uploadfile/file/200808211
> [2] English Version of Chapter 15:
> http://groups.google.com.hk/group/loongson-dev/msg/e0d2e220958f10a6?dmode=source
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@...il.com>
> ---
>  arch/mips/include/asm/stackframe.h |   19 +++++++++++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/stackframe.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/stackframe.h
> index 3b6da33..b84cfda 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/include/asm/stackframe.h
> +++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/stackframe.h
> @@ -121,6 +121,25 @@
>  		.endm
>  #else
>  		.macro	get_saved_sp	/* Uniprocessor variation */
> +#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_LOONGSON2F
> +		/*
> +		 * Clear BTB(branch target buffer), forbid RAS(row address
> +		 * strobe) to workaround the Out-of-oder Issue in Loongson2F
> +		 * via it's diagnostic register.
> +		 */
> +		move k0, ra
> +		jal	1f
> +		nop
> +1:		jal	1f
> +		nop
> +1:		jal	1f
> +		nop
> +1:		jal	1f
> +		nop
> +1:		move	ra, k0
> +		li	k0, 3
> +		mtc0	k0, $22
> +#endif /* CONFIG_CPU_LOONGSON2F */
>  #if defined(CONFIG_32BIT) || defined(KBUILD_64BIT_SYM32)
>  		lui	k1, %hi(kernelsp)
>  #else
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/