[PATCH v2 2/3] powerpc/64s: Disallow PROT_SAO in LPARs by default

Shawn Anastasio shawn at anastas.io
Sat Aug 22 04:55:57 AEST 2020


Since migration of guests using SAO to ISA 3.1 hosts may cause issues,
disable PROT_SAO in LPARs by default and introduce a new Kconfig option
PPC_PROT_SAO_LPAR to allow users to enable it if desired.

Signed-off-by: Shawn Anastasio <shawn at anastas.io>
---
 arch/powerpc/Kconfig            | 12 ++++++++++++
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/mman.h |  9 +++++++--
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 1f48bbfb3ce9..65bed1fdeaad 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -860,6 +860,18 @@ config PPC_SUBPAGE_PROT
 
 	  If unsure, say N here.
 
+config PPC_PROT_SAO_LPAR
+	bool "Support PROT_SAO mappings in LPARs"
+	depends on PPC_BOOK3S_64
+	help
+	  This option adds support for PROT_SAO mappings from userspace
+	  inside LPARs on supported CPUs.
+
+	  This may cause issues when performing guest migration from
+	  a CPU that supports SAO to one that does not.
+
+	  If unsure, say N here.
+
 config PPC_COPRO_BASE
 	bool
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mman.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mman.h
index 4ba303ea27f5..7cb6d18f5cd6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mman.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mman.h
@@ -40,8 +40,13 @@ static inline bool arch_validate_prot(unsigned long prot, unsigned long addr)
 {
 	if (prot & ~(PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC | PROT_SEM | PROT_SAO))
 		return false;
-	if ((prot & PROT_SAO) && !cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_SAO))
-		return false;
+	if (prot & PROT_SAO) {
+		if (!cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_SAO))
+			return false;
+		if (firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_LPAR) &&
+		    !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PPC_PROT_SAO_LPAR))
+			return false;
+	}
 	return true;
 }
 #define arch_validate_prot arch_validate_prot
-- 
2.28.0



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