linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 110/131] x86/speculation/l1tf: Extend 64bit swap file size limit

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Message-ID: <lsq.1538257387.432267949@decadent.org.uk>
Date:   Sat, 29 Sep 2018 22:43:07 +0100
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Vlastimil Babka" <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        "Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 110/131] x86/speculation/l1tf: Extend 64bit swap file
 size limit

3.16.59-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>

commit 1a7ed1ba4bba6c075d5ad61bb75e3fbc870840d6 upstream.

The previous patch has limited swap file size so that large offsets cannot
clear bits above MAX_PA/2 in the pte and interfere with L1TF mitigation.

It assumed that offsets are encoded starting with bit 12, same as pfn. But
on x86_64, offsets are encoded starting with bit 9.

Thus the limit can be raised by 3 bits. That means 16TB with 42bit MAX_PA
and 256TB with 46bit MAX_PA.

Fixes: 377eeaa8e11f ("x86/speculation/l1tf: Limit swap file size to MAX_PA/2")
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 arch/x86/mm/init.c | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/x86/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init.c
@@ -710,7 +710,15 @@ unsigned long max_swapfile_size(void)
 
 	if (boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_L1TF)) {
 		/* Limit the swap file size to MAX_PA/2 for L1TF workaround */
-		pages = min_t(unsigned long, l1tf_pfn_limit() + 1, pages);
+		unsigned long l1tf_limit = l1tf_pfn_limit() + 1;
+		/*
+		 * We encode swap offsets also with 3 bits below those for pfn
+		 * which makes the usable limit higher.
+		 */
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+		l1tf_limit <<= PAGE_SHIFT - SWP_OFFSET_FIRST_BIT;
+#endif
+		pages = min_t(unsigned long, l1tf_limit, pages);
 	}
 	return pages;
 }