linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 2/2] arm64: Use firmware to detect CPUs that are not affected by Spectre-v2

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Message-Id: <20190114103528.52931-3-marc.zyngier@arm.com>
Date:   Mon, 14 Jan 2019 10:35:28 +0000
From:   Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
To:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/2] arm64: Use firmware to detect CPUs that are not affected by Spectre-v2

The SMCCC ARCH_WORKAROUND_1 service can indicate that although the
firmware knows about the Spectre-v2 mitigation, this particular
CPU is not vulnerable, and it is thus not necessary to call
the firmware on this CPU.

Let's use this information to our benefit.

Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c
index 145f8b5d093d..b44f87e7360d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c
@@ -231,26 +231,38 @@ static int detect_harden_bp_fw(void)
 	case PSCI_CONDUIT_HVC:
 		arm_smccc_1_1_hvc(ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_FEATURES_FUNC_ID,
 				  ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_1, &res);
-		if ((int)res.a0 < 0) {
+		switch ((int)res.a0) {
+		case 1:
+			/* Firmware says we're just fine */
+			return 0;
+		case 0:
+			cb = call_hvc_arch_workaround_1;
+			/* This is a guest, no need to patch KVM vectors */
+			smccc_start = NULL;
+			smccc_end = NULL;
+			break;
+		default:
 			__hardenbp_enab = false;
 			return -1;
 		}
-		cb = call_hvc_arch_workaround_1;
-		/* This is a guest, no need to patch KVM vectors */
-		smccc_start = NULL;
-		smccc_end = NULL;
 		break;
 
 	case PSCI_CONDUIT_SMC:
 		arm_smccc_1_1_smc(ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_FEATURES_FUNC_ID,
 				  ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_1, &res);
-		if ((int)res.a0 < 0) {
+		switch ((int)res.a0) {
+		case 1:
+			/* Firmware says we're just fine */
+			return 0;
+		case 0:
+			cb = call_smc_arch_workaround_1;
+			smccc_start = __smccc_workaround_1_smc_start;
+			smccc_end = __smccc_workaround_1_smc_end;
+			break;
+		default:
 			__hardenbp_enab = false;
 			return -1;
 		}
-		cb = call_smc_arch_workaround_1;
-		smccc_start = __smccc_workaround_1_smc_start;
-		smccc_end = __smccc_workaround_1_smc_end;
 		break;
 
 	default:
-- 
2.20.1