Patch "powerpc/64s: Move cpu_show_meltdown()" has been added to the 4.16-stable tree

gregkh at linuxfoundation.org gregkh at linuxfoundation.org
Thu May 24 03:23:12 AEST 2018


This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    powerpc/64s: Move cpu_show_meltdown()

to the 4.16-stable tree which can be found at:
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
     powerpc-64s-move-cpu_show_meltdown.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.16 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable at vger.kernel.org> know about it.


>From foo at baz Wed May 23 19:18:22 CEST 2018
From: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2018 00:41:17 +1000
Subject: powerpc/64s: Move cpu_show_meltdown()
To: greg at kroah.com
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org, tglx at linutronix.de, linuxppc-dev at ozlabs.org
Message-ID: <20180522144125.10345-7-mpe at ellerman.id.au>

From: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>

commit 8ad33041563a10b34988800c682ada14b2612533 upstream.

This landed in setup_64.c for no good reason other than we had nowhere
else to put it. Now that we have a security-related file, that is a
better place for it so move it.

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c |   11 +++++++++++
 arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c |    8 --------
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 // Copyright 2018, Michael Ellerman, IBM Corporation.
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+
 #include <asm/security_features.h>
 
 
@@ -13,3 +15,12 @@ unsigned long powerpc_security_features
 	SEC_FTR_L1D_FLUSH_PR | \
 	SEC_FTR_BNDS_CHK_SPEC_BAR | \
 	SEC_FTR_FAVOUR_SECURITY;
+
+
+ssize_t cpu_show_meltdown(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	if (rfi_flush)
+		return sprintf(buf, "Mitigation: RFI Flush\n");
+
+	return sprintf(buf, "Vulnerable\n");
+}
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
@@ -927,12 +927,4 @@ static __init int rfi_flush_debugfs_init
 }
 device_initcall(rfi_flush_debugfs_init);
 #endif
-
-ssize_t cpu_show_meltdown(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
-{
-	if (rfi_flush)
-		return sprintf(buf, "Mitigation: RFI Flush\n");
-
-	return sprintf(buf, "Vulnerable\n");
-}
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64 */


Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from mpe at ellerman.id.au are

queue-4.16/powerpc-pseries-fix-clearing-of-security-feature-flags.patch
queue-4.16/powerpc-powernv-set-or-clear-security-feature-flags.patch
queue-4.16/powerpc-64s-move-cpu_show_meltdown.patch
queue-4.16/powerpc-pseries-set-or-clear-security-feature-flags.patch
queue-4.16/powerpc-move-default-security-feature-flags.patch
queue-4.16/powerpc-powernv-use-the-security-flags-in-pnv_setup_rfi_flush.patch
queue-4.16/powerpc-add-security-feature-flags-for-spectre-meltdown.patch
queue-4.16/powerpc-pseries-use-the-security-flags-in-pseries_setup_rfi_flush.patch
queue-4.16/powerpc-64s-enhance-the-information-in-cpu_show_meltdown.patch
queue-4.16/powerpc-rfi-flush-always-enable-fallback-flush-on-pseries.patch
queue-4.16/powerpc-pseries-add-new-h_get_cpu_characteristics-flags.patch
queue-4.16/powerpc-64s-add-support-for-a-store-forwarding-barrier-at-kernel-entry-exit.patch
queue-4.16/powerpc-64s-wire-up-cpu_show_spectre_v1.patch
queue-4.16/powerpc-64s-wire-up-cpu_show_spectre_v2.patch


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