[PATCH stable 4.9 14/23] powerpc/64s: Enhance the information in cpu_show_meltdown()

Michael Ellerman mpe at ellerman.id.au
Sat Jun 2 21:08:59 AEST 2018


commit ff348355e9c72493947be337bb4fae4fc1a41eba upstream.

Now that we have the security feature flags we can make the
information displayed in the "meltdown" file more informative.

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c
index 564e7f182a16..865db6f8bcca 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/seq_buf.h>
 
 #include <asm/security_features.h>
 
@@ -19,8 +20,33 @@ unsigned long powerpc_security_features __read_mostly = \
 
 ssize_t cpu_show_meltdown(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
-	if (rfi_flush)
-		return sprintf(buf, "Mitigation: RFI Flush\n");
+	bool thread_priv;
+
+	thread_priv = security_ftr_enabled(SEC_FTR_L1D_THREAD_PRIV);
+
+	if (rfi_flush || thread_priv) {
+		struct seq_buf s;
+		seq_buf_init(&s, buf, PAGE_SIZE - 1);
+
+		seq_buf_printf(&s, "Mitigation: ");
+
+		if (rfi_flush)
+			seq_buf_printf(&s, "RFI Flush");
+
+		if (rfi_flush && thread_priv)
+			seq_buf_printf(&s, ", ");
+
+		if (thread_priv)
+			seq_buf_printf(&s, "L1D private per thread");
+
+		seq_buf_printf(&s, "\n");
+
+		return s.len;
+	}
+
+	if (!security_ftr_enabled(SEC_FTR_L1D_FLUSH_HV) &&
+	    !security_ftr_enabled(SEC_FTR_L1D_FLUSH_PR))
+		return sprintf(buf, "Not affected\n");
 
 	return sprintf(buf, "Vulnerable\n");
 }
-- 
2.14.1



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