linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] x86/cpu: Actually turn off mitigations by default for SPECULATION

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Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 07:31:23 -0700
From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>, 
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, 
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org, 
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>, 
	Daniel Sneddon <daniel.sneddon@...ux.intel.com>, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, 
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>, 
	Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, Heiko Carstens <hca@...ux.ibm.com>, 
	Linux-Renesas <linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] x86/cpu: Actually turn off mitigations by default for SPECULATION_MITIGATIONS=n

On Mon, Apr 15, 2024, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Michael,
> 
> On Sat, Apr 13, 2024 at 11:38 AM Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au> wrote:
> > Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au> writes:
> > > Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au> writes:
> > ...
> > >> On Tue,  9 Apr 2024 10:51:05 -0700 Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com> wrote:
> > ...
> > >>> diff --git a/kernel/cpu.c b/kernel/cpu.c
> > >>> index 8f6affd051f7..07ad53b7f119 100644
> > >>> --- a/kernel/cpu.c
> > >>> +++ b/kernel/cpu.c
> > >>> @@ -3207,7 +3207,8 @@ enum cpu_mitigations {
> > >>>  };
> > >>>
> > >>>  static enum cpu_mitigations cpu_mitigations __ro_after_init =
> > >>> -   CPU_MITIGATIONS_AUTO;
> > >>> +   IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SPECULATION_MITIGATIONS) ? CPU_MITIGATIONS_AUTO :
> > >>> +                                                CPU_MITIGATIONS_OFF;
> > >>>
> > >>>  static int __init mitigations_parse_cmdline(char *arg)
> > >>>  {
> >
> > I think a minimal workaround/fix would be:
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig
> > index 2b8fd6bb7da0..290be2f9e909 100644
> > --- a/drivers/base/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/base/Kconfig
> > @@ -191,6 +191,10 @@ config GENERIC_CPU_AUTOPROBE
> >  config GENERIC_CPU_VULNERABILITIES
> >         bool
> >
> > +config SPECULATION_MITIGATIONS
> > +       def_bool y
> > +       depends on !X86
> > +
> >  config SOC_BUS
> >         bool
> >         select GLOB
> 
> Thanks, that works for me (on arm64), so
> Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>

Oof.  I completely missed that "cpu_mitigations" wasn't x86-only.  I can't think
of better solution than an on-by-default generic Kconfig, though can't that it
more simply be:

diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig
index 2b8fd6bb7da0..5930cb56ee29 100644
--- a/drivers/base/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/base/Kconfig
@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@ config GENERIC_CPU_AUTOPROBE
 config GENERIC_CPU_VULNERABILITIES
        bool
 
+config SPECULATION_MITIGATIONS
+       def_bool !X86
+
 config SOC_BUS
        bool
        select GLOB