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[v4,02/12] arm64: Provide a command line to disable spectre_v2 mitigation

Message ID 20190125180711.1970973-3-jeremy.linton@arm.com
State Superseded
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Series arm64: add system vulnerability sysfs entries | expand

Commit Message

Jeremy Linton Jan. 25, 2019, 6:07 p.m. UTC
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@arm.com>

Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt |  8 ++++----
 arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c                  | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

-- 
2.17.2

Comments

Andre Przywara Jan. 30, 2019, 6:03 p.m. UTC | #1
On Fri, 25 Jan 2019 12:07:01 -0600
Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@arm.com> wrote:

Hi,

> 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@arm.com>

> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>

> Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org


Reviewed-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com>


Cheers,
Andre

> ---

>  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;

>
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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;