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Message-ID: <769e4725-754b-9185-7d91-c0f4dfb06b09@amd.com>
Date:   Wed, 26 Sep 2018 19:11:03 +0000
From:   "Lendacky, Thomas" <Thomas.Lendacky@....com>
To:     Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CC:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Casey Schaufler <casey.schaufler@...el.com>,
        Asit Mallick <asit.k.mallick@...el.com>,
        Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jon Masters <jcm@...hat.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [Patch v2 3/4] x86/speculation: Extend per process STIBP to AMD
 cpus.

On 09/26/2018 12:24 PM, Tim Chen wrote:
> On 09/25/2018 05:43 PM, Tim Chen wrote:
>> From: Thomas Lendacky <Thomas.Lendacky@....com>
>>
>> We extend the app to app spectre v2 mitigation using STIBP
>> to the AMD cpus. We need to take care of special
>> cases for AMD cpu's update of SPEC_CTRL MSR to avoid double
>> writing of MSRs from update to SSBD and STIBP.
> 
> Tom, if this patch looks okay to you, can I add your sign off?

Hi Tim,

Yup, that looks correct.

> 
> Tim
> 
>>
>> Originally-by: Thomas Lendacky <Thomas.Lendacky@....com>
>> Signed-off-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>

Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>

Thanks,
Tom

>> ---
>>  arch/x86/kernel/process.c | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
>>  1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
>> index cb24014..4a3a672 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
>> @@ -399,6 +399,10 @@ static __always_inline void set_spec_ctrl_state(unsigned long tifn)
>>  {
>>  	u64 msr = x86_spec_ctrl_base;
>>  
>> +	/*
>> +	 * AMD cpu may have used a different method to update SSBD, so
>> +	 * we need to be sure we are using the SPEC_CTRL MSR for SSBD.
>> +	 */
>>  	if (static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SSBD))
>>  		msr |= ssbd_tif_to_spec_ctrl(tifn);
>>  
>> @@ -408,20 +412,45 @@ static __always_inline void set_spec_ctrl_state(unsigned long tifn)
>>  	wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL, msr);
>>  }
>>  
>> -static __always_inline void __speculative_store_bypass_update(unsigned long tifn)
>> +static __always_inline void __speculative_store_bypass_update(unsigned long tifp,
>> +							      unsigned long tifn)
>>  {
>> -	if (static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_VIRT_SSBD))
>> -		amd_set_ssb_virt_state(tifn);
>> -	else if (static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_LS_CFG_SSBD))
>> -		amd_set_core_ssb_state(tifn);
>> -	else
>> -		set_spec_ctrl_state(tifn);
>> +	bool stibp = !!((tifp ^ tifn) & _TIF_STIBP);
>> +	bool ssbd = !!((tifp ^ tifn) & _TIF_SSBD);
>> +
>> +	if (!ssbd && !stibp)
>> +		return;
>> +
>> +	if (ssbd) {
>> +		/*
>> +		 * For AMD, try these methods first.  The ssbd variable will
>> +		 * reflect if the SPEC_CTRL MSR method is needed.
>> +		 */
>> +		ssbd = false;
>> +
>> +		if (static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_VIRT_SSBD))
>> +			amd_set_ssb_virt_state(tifn);
>> +		else if (static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_LS_CFG_SSBD))
>> +			amd_set_core_ssb_state(tifn);
>> +		else
>> +			ssbd = true;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	/* Avoid a possible extra MSR write, recheck the flags */
>> +	if (!ssbd && !stibp)
>> +		return;
>> +
>> +	set_spec_ctrl_state(tifn);
>>  }
>>  
>>  void speculative_store_bypass_update(unsigned long tif)
>>  {
>> +	/*
>> +	 * On this path we're forcing the update, so use ~tif as the
>> +	 * previous flags.
>> +	 */
>>  	preempt_disable();
>> -	__speculative_store_bypass_update(tif);
>> +	__speculative_store_bypass_update(~tif, tif);
>>  	preempt_enable();
>>  }
>>  
>> @@ -457,8 +486,7 @@ void __switch_to_xtra(struct task_struct *prev_p, struct task_struct *next_p,
>>  	if ((tifp ^ tifn) & _TIF_NOCPUID)
>>  		set_cpuid_faulting(!!(tifn & _TIF_NOCPUID));
>>  
>> -	if ((tifp ^ tifn) & (_TIF_SSBD | _TIF_STIBP))
>> -		__speculative_store_bypass_update(tifn);
>> +	__speculative_store_bypass_update(tifp, tifn);
>>  }
>>  
>>  /*
>>
>