[PATCH stable 4.14 03/23] powerpc/powernv: Support firmware disable of RFI flush

Michael Ellerman mpe at ellerman.id.au
Fri May 25 20:09:34 AEST 2018


Some versions of firmware will have a setting that can be configured
to disable the RFI flush, add support for it.

Fixes: 6e032b350cd1 ("powerpc/powernv: Check device-tree for RFI flush settings")
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
(cherry picked from commit eb0a2d2620ae431c543963c8c7f08f597366fc60)
---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c
index 7966a314d93a..37a7f5ef00b7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ static void pnv_setup_rfi_flush(void)
 		if (np && of_property_read_bool(np, "disabled"))
 			enable--;
 
+		np = of_get_child_by_name(fw_features, "speculation-policy-favor-security");
+		if (np && of_property_read_bool(np, "disabled"))
+			enable = 0;
+
 		of_node_put(np);
 		of_node_put(fw_features);
 	}
-- 
2.14.1



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