linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 02/12] arm64: Provide a command line to disable spectre

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Message-Id: <20190125180711.1970973-3-jeremy.linton@arm.com>
Date:   Fri, 25 Jan 2019 12:07:01 -0600
From:   Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@....com>
To:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     catalin.marinas@....com, will.deacon@....com, marc.zyngier@....com,
        suzuki.poulose@....com, dave.martin@....com,
        shankerd@...eaurora.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        ykaukab@...e.de, julien.thierry@....com, mlangsdo@...hat.com,
        steven.price@....com, stefan.wahren@...e.com,
        Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@....com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v4 02/12] arm64: Provide a command line to disable spectre_v2 mitigation

There are various reasons, including bencmarking, to disable spectrev2
mitigation on a machine. Provide a command-line to do so.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@....com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt |  8 ++++----
 arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c                  | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 9475f02c79da..2ae77979488e 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2849,10 +2849,10 @@
 			check bypass). With this option data leaks are possible
 			in the system.
 
-	nospectre_v2	[X86,PPC_FSL_BOOK3E] Disable all mitigations for the Spectre variant 2
-			(indirect branch prediction) vulnerability. System may
-			allow data leaks with this option, which is equivalent
-			to spectre_v2=off.
+	nospectre_v2	[X86,PPC_FSL_BOOK3E,ARM64] Disable all mitigations for
+			the Spectre variant 2 (indirect branch prediction)
+			vulnerability. System may allow data leaks with this
+			option.
 
 	nospec_store_bypass_disable
 			[HW] Disable all mitigations for the Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c
index 9950bb0cbd52..9a7b5fca51a0 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c
@@ -220,6 +220,14 @@ static void qcom_link_stack_sanitization(void)
 		     : "=&r" (tmp));
 }
 
+static bool __nospectre_v2;
+static int __init parse_nospectre_v2(char *str)
+{
+	__nospectre_v2 = true;
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("nospectre_v2", parse_nospectre_v2);
+
 static void
 enable_smccc_arch_workaround_1(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *entry)
 {
@@ -231,6 +239,9 @@ enable_smccc_arch_workaround_1(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *entry)
 	if (!entry->matches(entry, SCOPE_LOCAL_CPU))
 		return;
 
+	if (__nospectre_v2)
+		return;
+
 	if (psci_ops.smccc_version == SMCCC_VERSION_1_0)
 		return;
 
-- 
2.17.2