[PATCH v4 4/6] powerpc/fsl: Enable cpu vulnerabilities reporting for NXP PPC BOOK3E

LEROY Christophe christophe.leroy at c-s.fr
Wed Jul 18 02:46:54 AEST 2018


Diana Craciun <diana.craciun at nxp.com> a écrit :

> The NXP PPC Book3E platforms are not vulnerable to meltdown and
> Spectre v4, so make them PPC_BOOK3S_64 specific.
>
> Signed-off-by: Diana Craciun <diana.craciun at nxp.com>
> ---
> History:
>
> v2-->v3
> - used the existing functions for spectre v1/v2
>
>  arch/powerpc/Kconfig           | 7 ++++++-
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c | 2 ++
>  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> index 9f2b75f..116c953 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
> @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ config PPC
>  	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST	if SMP
>  	select GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE
>  	select GENERIC_CPU_AUTOPROBE
> -	select GENERIC_CPU_VULNERABILITIES	if PPC_BOOK3S_64
> +	select GENERIC_CPU_VULNERABILITIES	if PPC_NOSPEC

I don't understand.  You say this patch is to make something specific  
to book3s64 specific, and you are creating a new config param that  
make things less specific

Christophe

>  	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
>  	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW_LEVEL
>  	select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
> @@ -240,6 +240,11 @@ config PPC
>  	# Please keep this list sorted alphabetically.
>  	#
>
> +config PPC_NOSPEC
> +    bool
> +    default y
> +    depends on PPC_BOOK3S_64 || PPC_FSL_BOOK3E
> +
>  config GENERIC_CSUM
>  	def_bool n
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c
> index 3a4e5c3..539c744 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c
> @@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ static __init int barrier_nospec_debugfs_init(void)
>  device_initcall(barrier_nospec_debugfs_init);
>  #endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_FS */
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64
>  ssize_t cpu_show_meltdown(struct device *dev, struct  
> device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
>  {
>  	bool thread_priv;
> @@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ ssize_t cpu_show_meltdown(struct device *dev,  
> struct device_attribute *attr, cha
>
>  	return sprintf(buf, "Vulnerable\n");
>  }
> +#endif
>
>  ssize_t cpu_show_spectre_v1(struct device *dev, struct  
> device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
>  {
> --
> 2.5.5




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