linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 11/12] x86/bugs: Create a way to disable GDS mitigation

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Date:   Thu, 19 Oct 2023 11:11:57 -0700
From:   Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
To:     jpoimboe@...nel.org, mingo@...hat.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
        bp@...en8.de, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        x86@...nel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     leit@...a.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list:X86 ARCHITECTURE (32-BIT AND
        64-BIT))
Subject: [PATCH v5 11/12] x86/bugs: Create a way to disable GDS mitigation

Currently there is no way to disable GDS mitigation at build time.
The current config option (GDS_MITIGATION_FORCE) just enables a more
drastic mitigation.

Create a new kernel config that allows GDS to be completely disabled,
similarly to the "gather_data_sampling=off" or "mitigations=off" kernel
command-line. Move the GDS_MITIGATION_FORCE under this new mitigation.

Suggested-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
---
 arch/x86/Kconfig           | 16 +++++++++++-----
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c |  7 ++++---
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 7a283602b257..a5cada7443ea 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -2566,15 +2566,21 @@ config MITIGATION_SLS
 	  against straight line speculation. The kernel image might be slightly
 	  larger.
 
+config MITIGATION_GDS
+	bool "Mitigate Gather Data Sampling"
+	depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL
+	default y
+	help
+	  Enable mitigation for Gather Data Sampling (GDS). GDS is a hardware
+	  vulnerability which allows unprivileged speculative access to data
+	  which was previously stored in vector registers. The attacker uses gather
+	  instructions to infer the stale vector register data.
+
 config MITIGATION_GDS_FORCE
 	bool "Force GDS Mitigation"
-	depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL
+	depends on MITIGATION_GDS
 	default n
 	help
-	  Gather Data Sampling (GDS) is a hardware vulnerability which allows
-	  unprivileged speculative access to data which was previously stored in
-	  vector registers.
-
 	  This option is equivalent to setting gather_data_sampling=force on the
 	  command line. The microcode mitigation is used if present, otherwise
 	  AVX is disabled as a mitigation. On affected systems that are missing
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index f2775417bda2..0172bb0f61fe 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -671,10 +671,11 @@ enum gds_mitigations {
 	GDS_MITIGATION_HYPERVISOR,
 };
 
-#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MITIGATION_GDS_FORCE)
-static enum gds_mitigations gds_mitigation __ro_after_init = GDS_MITIGATION_FORCE;
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MITIGATION_GDS)
+static enum gds_mitigations gds_mitigation __ro_after_init =
+	IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MITIGATION_GDS_FORCE) ? GDS_MITIGATION_FORCE : GDS_MITIGATION_FULL;
 #else
-static enum gds_mitigations gds_mitigation __ro_after_init = GDS_MITIGATION_FULL;
+static enum gds_mitigations gds_mitigation __ro_after_init = GDS_MITIGATION_OFF;
 #endif
 
 static const char * const gds_strings[] = {
-- 
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