Thread (51 messages) 51 messages, 8 authors, 2018-05-24

[PATCH 05/14] arm64: Add 'ssbd' command-line option

From: Randy Dunlap <hidden>
Date: 2018-05-22 15:29:38
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On 05/22/2018 08:06 AM, Marc Zyngier wrote:
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On a system where the firmware implements ARCH_WORKAROUND_2,
it may be useful to either permanently enable or disable the
workaround for cases where the user decides that they'd rather
not get a trap overhead, and keep the mitigation permanently
on or off instead of switching it on exception entry/exit.

In any case, default to the mitigation being enabled.

Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <redacted>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt |  17 ++++
 arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h             |   6 ++
 arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c                  | 102 ++++++++++++++++++++----
 3 files changed, 109 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index f2040d46f095..646e112c6f63 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -4092,6 +4092,23 @@
 			expediting.  Set to zero to disable automatic
 			expediting.
 
+	ssbd=		[ARM64,HW]
+			Speculative Store Bypass Disable control
+
+			On CPUs that are vulnerable to the Speculative
+			Store Bypass vulnerability and offer a
+			firmware based mitigation, this parameter
+			indicates how the mitigation should be used:
+
+			force-on:  Unconditionnaly enable mitigation for
			           Unconditionally
+				   for both kernel and userspace
+			force-off: Unconditionnaly disable mitigation for
			           Unconditionally
+				   for both kernel and userspace
+			kernel:    Always enable mitigation in the
+				   kernel, and offer a prctl interface
+				   to allow userspace to register its
+				   interest in being mitigated too.
+
 	stack_guard_gap=	[MM]
 			override the default stack gap protection. The value
 			is in page units and it defines how many pages prior


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~Randy
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