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Date:   Wed, 17 Apr 2019 13:02:47 -0700
From:   tip-bot for Josh Poimboeuf <tipbot@...or.com>
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Subject: [tip:core/speculation] powerpc/speculation: Support 'mitigations='
 cmdline option

Commit-ID:  782e69efb3dfed6e8360bc612e8c7827a901a8f9
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/782e69efb3dfed6e8360bc612e8c7827a901a8f9
Author:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
AuthorDate: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 15:39:30 -0500
Committer:  Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CommitDate: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 21:37:29 +0200

powerpc/speculation: Support 'mitigations=' cmdline option

Configure powerpc CPU runtime speculation bug mitigations in accordance
with the 'mitigations=' cmdline option.  This affects Meltdown, Spectre
v1, Spectre v2, and Speculative Store Bypass.

The default behavior is unchanged.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Tested-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz> (on x86)
Reviewed-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
Cc: Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>
Cc: Jon Masters <jcm@...hat.com>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
Cc: linux-s390@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc: linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@...onical.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc: Steven Price <steven.price@....com>
Cc: Phil Auld <pauld@...hat.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/245a606e1a42a558a310220312d9b6adb9159df6.1555085500.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com

---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 9 +++++----
 arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c                  | 6 +++---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c                  | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 779ddeb2929c..ac7150a25a7a 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2514,7 +2514,7 @@
 			http://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git
 
 	mitigations=
-			[X86] Control optional mitigations for CPU
+			[X86,PPC] Control optional mitigations for CPU
 			vulnerabilities.  This is a set of curated,
 			arch-independent options, each of which is an
 			aggregation of existing arch-specific options.
@@ -2523,10 +2523,11 @@
 				Disable all optional CPU mitigations.  This
 				improves system performance, but it may also
 				expose users to several CPU vulnerabilities.
-				Equivalent to: nopti [X86]
-					       nospectre_v2 [X86]
+				Equivalent to: nopti [X86,PPC]
+					       nospectre_v1 [PPC]
+					       nospectre_v2 [X86,PPC]
 					       spectre_v2_user=off [X86]
-					       spec_store_bypass_disable=off [X86]
+					       spec_store_bypass_disable=off [X86,PPC]
 					       l1tf=off [X86]
 
 			auto (default)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c
index 9b8631533e02..cdf3e73000e9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ void setup_barrier_nospec(void)
 	enable = security_ftr_enabled(SEC_FTR_FAVOUR_SECURITY) &&
 		 security_ftr_enabled(SEC_FTR_BNDS_CHK_SPEC_BAR);
 
-	if (!no_nospec)
+	if (!no_nospec && !cpu_mitigations_off())
 		enable_barrier_nospec(enable);
 }
 
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ static int __init handle_nospectre_v2(char *p)
 early_param("nospectre_v2", handle_nospectre_v2);
 void setup_spectre_v2(void)
 {
-	if (no_spectrev2)
+	if (no_spectrev2 || cpu_mitigations_off())
 		do_btb_flush_fixups();
 	else
 		btb_flush_enabled = true;
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ void setup_stf_barrier(void)
 
 	stf_enabled_flush_types = type;
 
-	if (!no_stf_barrier)
+	if (!no_stf_barrier && !cpu_mitigations_off())
 		stf_barrier_enable(enable);
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
index 236c1151a3a7..c7ec27ba8926 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ void setup_rfi_flush(enum l1d_flush_type types, bool enable)
 
 	enabled_flush_types = types;
 
-	if (!no_rfi_flush)
+	if (!no_rfi_flush && !cpu_mitigations_off())
 		rfi_flush_enable(enable);
 }