Thread (25 messages) 25 messages, 6 authors, 2019-01-19

Re: [PATCH v3 3/7] arm64: kpti: move check for non-vulnerable CPUs to a function

From: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
Date: 2019-01-14 11:32:10
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Hi Jeremy,

On 09/01/2019 23:55, Jeremy Linton wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
From: Mian Yousaf Kaukab <redacted>

Add is_meltdown_safe() which is a whitelist of known safe cores.

Signed-off-by: Mian Yousaf Kaukab <redacted>
[Moved location of function]
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Linton <redacted>
---
  arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c | 15 +++++++++++----
  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
index 4f272399de89..ab784d7a0083 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
@@ -947,8 +947,7 @@ has_useable_cnp(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *entry, int scope)
  #ifdef CONFIG_UNMAP_KERNEL_AT_EL0
  static int __kpti_forced; /* 0: not forced, >0: forced on, <0: forced off */
  
-static bool unmap_kernel_at_el0(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *entry,
-				int scope)
+static bool is_cpu_meltdown_safe(void)
  {
  	/* List of CPUs that are not vulnerable and don't need KPTI */
  	static const struct midr_range kpti_safe_list[] = {
@@ -962,6 +961,15 @@ static bool unmap_kernel_at_el0(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *entry,
  		MIDR_ALL_VERSIONS(MIDR_CORTEX_A73),
  		{ /* sentinel */ }
  	};
+	if (is_midr_in_range_list(read_cpuid_id(), kpti_safe_list))
nit: Does it make sense to rename the list to "meltdown_safe_list", to match the
function name ?

Also also, you may do :

	return is_midr_in_range_list(read_cpuid_id(), kpti_safe_list);

Either way

Reviewed-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>

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