linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.9 25/61] powerpc/pseries: Support firmware disable of RFI flush

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Message-Id: <20180605170119.310579309@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Tue,  5 Jun 2018 19:01:46 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Subject: [PATCH 4.9 25/61] powerpc/pseries: Support firmware disable of RFI flush

4.9-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>

commit 582605a429e20ae68fd0b041b2e840af296edd08 upstream.

Some versions of firmware will have a setting that can be configured
to disable the RFI flush, add support for it.

Fixes: 8989d56878a7 ("powerpc/pseries: Query hypervisor for RFI flush settings")
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
@@ -473,7 +473,8 @@ static void pseries_setup_rfi_flush(void
 		if (types == L1D_FLUSH_NONE)
 			types = L1D_FLUSH_FALLBACK;
 
-		if (!(result.behaviour & H_CPU_BEHAV_L1D_FLUSH_PR))
+		if ((!(result.behaviour & H_CPU_BEHAV_L1D_FLUSH_PR)) ||
+		    (!(result.behaviour & H_CPU_BEHAV_FAVOUR_SECURITY)))
 			enable = false;
 	} else {
 		/* Default to fallback if case hcall is not available */