[PATCH stable v4.4 28/52] powerpc/64s: Enable barrier_nospec based on firmware settings

Michael Ellerman mpe at ellerman.id.au
Mon Apr 22 00:20:13 AEST 2019


From: Michal Suchanek <msuchanek at suse.de>

commit cb3d6759a93c6d0aea1c10deb6d00e111c29c19c upstream.

Check what firmware told us and enable/disable the barrier_nospec as
appropriate.

We err on the side of enabling the barrier, as it's no-op on older
systems, see the comment for more detail.

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/setup.h       |  1 +
 arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c         | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c |  1 +
 arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c |  1 +
 4 files changed, 62 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/setup.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/setup.h
index fed0b352e24f..ac4002e5a09e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/setup.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/setup.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ enum l1d_flush_type {
 
 void setup_rfi_flush(enum l1d_flush_type, bool enable);
 void do_rfi_flush_fixups(enum l1d_flush_type types);
+void setup_barrier_nospec(void);
 void do_barrier_nospec_fixups(bool enable);
 extern bool barrier_nospec_enabled;
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c
index a1ae02f9d03d..ae15f53b23d7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c
@@ -24,6 +24,65 @@ static void enable_barrier_nospec(bool enable)
 	do_barrier_nospec_fixups(enable);
 }
 
+void setup_barrier_nospec(void)
+{
+	bool enable;
+
+	/*
+	 * It would make sense to check SEC_FTR_SPEC_BAR_ORI31 below as well.
+	 * But there's a good reason not to. The two flags we check below are
+	 * both are enabled by default in the kernel, so if the hcall is not
+	 * functional they will be enabled.
+	 * On a system where the host firmware has been updated (so the ori
+	 * functions as a barrier), but on which the hypervisor (KVM/Qemu) has
+	 * not been updated, we would like to enable the barrier. Dropping the
+	 * check for SEC_FTR_SPEC_BAR_ORI31 achieves that. The only downside is
+	 * we potentially enable the barrier on systems where the host firmware
+	 * is not updated, but that's harmless as it's a no-op.
+	 */
+	enable = security_ftr_enabled(SEC_FTR_FAVOUR_SECURITY) &&
+		 security_ftr_enabled(SEC_FTR_BNDS_CHK_SPEC_BAR);
+
+	enable_barrier_nospec(enable);
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
+static int barrier_nospec_set(void *data, u64 val)
+{
+	switch (val) {
+	case 0:
+	case 1:
+		break;
+	default:
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (!!val == !!barrier_nospec_enabled)
+		return 0;
+
+	enable_barrier_nospec(!!val);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int barrier_nospec_get(void *data, u64 *val)
+{
+	*val = barrier_nospec_enabled ? 1 : 0;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(fops_barrier_nospec,
+			barrier_nospec_get, barrier_nospec_set, "%llu\n");
+
+static __init int barrier_nospec_debugfs_init(void)
+{
+	debugfs_create_file("barrier_nospec", 0600, powerpc_debugfs_root, NULL,
+			    &fops_barrier_nospec);
+	return 0;
+}
+device_initcall(barrier_nospec_debugfs_init);
+#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_FS */
+
 ssize_t cpu_show_meltdown(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
 	bool thread_priv;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c
index c3df9e1ad135..0fe70973e3a3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ static void pnv_setup_rfi_flush(void)
 		  security_ftr_enabled(SEC_FTR_L1D_FLUSH_HV));
 
 	setup_rfi_flush(type, enable);
+	setup_barrier_nospec();
 }
 
 static void __init pnv_setup_arch(void)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
index 1e2b61d178b8..0a6e091a6778 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
@@ -574,6 +574,7 @@ void pseries_setup_rfi_flush(void)
 		 security_ftr_enabled(SEC_FTR_L1D_FLUSH_PR);
 
 	setup_rfi_flush(types, enable);
+	setup_barrier_nospec();
 }
 
 static void __init pSeries_setup_arch(void)
-- 
2.20.1



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