Patch "[PATCH stable v4.14 16/32] powerpc/64s: Add new security feature flags for count cache flush" has been added to the 4.14-stable tree

gregkh at linuxfoundation.org gregkh at linuxfoundation.org
Sat Mar 30 01:54:46 AEDT 2019


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

    [PATCH stable v4.14 16/32] powerpc/64s: Add new security feature flags for count cache flush

to the 4.14-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-add-new-security-feature-flags-for-count-cache-flush.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.14 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 Fri Mar 29 15:53:50 CET 2019
From: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 22:26:04 +1100
Subject: [PATCH stable v4.14 16/32] powerpc/64s: Add new security feature flags for count cache flush
To: stable at vger.kernel.org, gregkh at linuxfoundation.org
Cc: linuxppc-dev at ozlabs.org, diana.craciun at nxp.com, msuchanek at suse.de, christophe.leroy at c-s.fr
Message-ID: <20190329112620.14489-17-mpe at ellerman.id.au>

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

commit dc8c6cce9a26a51fc19961accb978217a3ba8c75 upstream.

Add security feature flags to indicate the need for software to flush
the count cache on context switch, and for the presence of a hardware
assisted count cache flush.

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/security_features.h |    6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/security_features.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/security_features.h
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ static inline bool security_ftr_enabled(
 // Indirect branch prediction cache disabled
 #define SEC_FTR_COUNT_CACHE_DISABLED	0x0000000000000020ull
 
+// bcctr 2,0,0 triggers a hardware assisted count cache flush
+#define SEC_FTR_BCCTR_FLUSH_ASSIST	0x0000000000000800ull
+
 
 // Features indicating need for Spectre/Meltdown mitigations
 
@@ -74,6 +77,9 @@ static inline bool security_ftr_enabled(
 // Firmware configuration indicates user favours security over performance
 #define SEC_FTR_FAVOUR_SECURITY		0x0000000000000200ull
 
+// Software required to flush count cache on context switch
+#define SEC_FTR_FLUSH_COUNT_CACHE	0x0000000000000400ull
+
 
 // Features enabled by default
 #define SEC_FTR_DEFAULT \


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

queue-4.14/powerpc-fsl-emulate-sprn_bucsr-register.patch
queue-4.14/powerpc-64-make-stf-barrier-ppc_book3s_64-specific.patch
queue-4.14/powerpc-fsl-fix-spectre_v2-mitigations-reporting.patch
queue-4.14/powerpc-64s-patch-barrier_nospec-in-modules.patch
queue-4.14/powerpc-pseries-query-hypervisor-for-count-cache-flush-settings.patch
queue-4.14/powerpc-64s-add-support-for-software-count-cache-flush.patch
queue-4.14/powerpc64s-show-ori31-availability-in-spectre_v1-sysfs-file-not-v2.patch
queue-4.14/powerpc-fsl-flush-the-branch-predictor-at-each-kernel-entry-64bit.patch
queue-4.14/powerpc-fsl-update-spectre-v2-reporting.patch
queue-4.14/powerpc-64-make-meltdown-reporting-book3s-64-specific.patch
queue-4.14/powerpc-64s-add-support-for-ori-barrier_nospec-patching.patch
queue-4.14/powerpc-use-barrier_nospec-in-copy_from_user.patch
queue-4.14/powerpc-fsl-sanitize-the-syscall-table-for-nxp-powerpc-32-bit-platforms.patch
queue-4.14/powerpc-fsl-add-macro-to-flush-the-branch-predictor.patch
queue-4.14/powerpc-fsl-add-barrier_nospec-implementation-for-nxp-powerpc-book3e.patch
queue-4.14/powerpc-security-fix-spectre_v2-reporting.patch
queue-4.14/powerpc-64-disable-the-speculation-barrier-from-the-command-line.patch
queue-4.14/powerpc-fsl-fix-the-flush-of-branch-predictor.patch
queue-4.14/powerpc-64-add-config_ppc_barrier_nospec.patch
queue-4.14/powerpc-fsl-enable-runtime-patching-if-nospectre_v2-boot-arg-is-used.patch
queue-4.14/powerpc-64-use-barrier_nospec-in-syscall-entry.patch
queue-4.14/powerpc-fsl-fixed-warning-orphan-section-__btb_flush_fixup.patch
queue-4.14/powerpc-fsl-add-nospectre_v2-command-line-argument.patch
queue-4.14/powerpc-64s-add-new-security-feature-flags-for-count-cache-flush.patch
queue-4.14/powerpc-fsl-add-infrastructure-to-fixup-branch-predictor-flush.patch
queue-4.14/powerpc-64s-enhance-the-information-in-cpu_show_spectre_v1.patch
queue-4.14/powerpc-64-call-setup_barrier_nospec-from-setup_arch.patch
queue-4.14/powerpc-asm-add-a-patch_site-macro-helpers-for-patching-instructions.patch
queue-4.14/powerpc-fsl-flush-the-branch-predictor-at-each-kernel-entry-32-bit.patch
queue-4.14/powerpc-64s-enable-barrier_nospec-based-on-firmware-settings.patch
queue-4.14/powerpc-fsl-flush-branch-predictor-when-entering-kvm.patch
queue-4.14/powerpc-powernv-query-firmware-for-count-cache-flush-settings.patch


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