Patch "powerpc/pseries: Support firmware disable of RFI flush" has been added to the 4.14-stable tree
From: <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: 2018-05-27 13:51:12
This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
powerpc/pseries: Support firmware disable of RFI 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-pseries-support-firmware-disable-of-rfi-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 [off-list ref] know about it.
From foo@baz Sun May 27 15:47:18 CEST 2018
From: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Date: Sat, 26 May 2018 14:27:28 +1000 Subject: powerpc/pseries: Support firmware disable of RFI flush To: greg@kroah.com Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org Message-ID: [ref] From: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> commit 582605a429e20ae68fd0b041b2e840af296edd08 upstream. Some versions of firmware will have a setting that can be configured to disable the RFI flush, add support for it. Fixes: 8989d56878a7 ("powerpc/pseries: Query hypervisor for RFI flush settings") Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> --- arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c@@ -482,7 +482,8 @@ static void pseries_setup_rfi_flush(void if (types == L1D_FLUSH_NONE) types = L1D_FLUSH_FALLBACK; - if (!(result.behaviour & H_CPU_BEHAV_L1D_FLUSH_PR)) + if ((!(result.behaviour & H_CPU_BEHAV_L1D_FLUSH_PR)) || + (!(result.behaviour & H_CPU_BEHAV_FAVOUR_SECURITY))) enable = false; } else { /* Default to fallback if case hcall is not available */
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from mpe@ellerman.id.au are queue-4.14/powerpc-64s-clear-pcr-on-boot.patch queue-4.14/powerpc-rfi-flush-differentiate-enabled-and-patched-flush-types.patch queue-4.14/powerpc-64s-fix-section-mismatch-warnings-from-setup_rfi_flush.patch queue-4.14/powerpc-pseries-fix-clearing-of-security-feature-flags.patch queue-4.14/powerpc-powernv-set-or-clear-security-feature-flags.patch queue-4.14/powerpc-64s-move-cpu_show_meltdown.patch queue-4.14/powerpc-rfi-flush-call-setup_rfi_flush-after-lpm-migration.patch queue-4.14/powerpc-pseries-set-or-clear-security-feature-flags.patch queue-4.14/powerpc-rfi-flush-make-it-possible-to-call-setup_rfi_flush-again.patch queue-4.14/powerpc-move-default-security-feature-flags.patch queue-4.14/powerpc-powernv-use-the-security-flags-in-pnv_setup_rfi_flush.patch queue-4.14/powerpc-add-security-feature-flags-for-spectre-meltdown.patch queue-4.14/powerpc-pseries-use-the-security-flags-in-pseries_setup_rfi_flush.patch queue-4.14/powerpc-64s-enhance-the-information-in-cpu_show_meltdown.patch queue-4.14/powerpc-64s-improve-rfi-l1-d-cache-flush-fallback.patch queue-4.14/powerpc-rfi-flush-always-enable-fallback-flush-on-pseries.patch queue-4.14/powerpc-rfi-flush-move-the-logic-to-avoid-a-redo-into-the-debugfs-code.patch queue-4.14/powerpc-pseries-restore-default-security-feature-flags-on-setup.patch queue-4.14/powerpc-pseries-add-new-h_get_cpu_characteristics-flags.patch queue-4.14/powerpc-64s-add-support-for-a-store-forwarding-barrier-at-kernel-entry-exit.patch queue-4.14/powerpc-64s-wire-up-cpu_show_spectre_v1.patch queue-4.14/powerpc-powernv-support-firmware-disable-of-rfi-flush.patch queue-4.14/powerpc-pseries-support-firmware-disable-of-rfi-flush.patch queue-4.14/powerpc-64s-wire-up-cpu_show_spectre_v2.patch