From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-9.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED, USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D45EC282CE for ; Thu, 11 Apr 2019 11:46:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4427F2184B for ; Thu, 11 Apr 2019 11:46:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726801AbfDKLqz (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Apr 2019 07:46:55 -0400 Received: from ozlabs.org ([203.11.71.1]:55391 "EHLO ozlabs.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726784AbfDKLqz (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Apr 2019 07:46:55 -0400 Received: by ozlabs.org (Postfix, from userid 1034) id 44fzlK0w4tz9sCJ; Thu, 11 Apr 2019 21:46:53 +1000 (AEST) From: Michael Ellerman To: stable@vger.kernel.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, diana.craciun@nxp.com, msuchanek@suse.de, christophe.leroy@c-s.fr Subject: [PATCH stable v4.9 11/35] powerpc/64: Disable the speculation barrier from the command line Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 21:46:06 +1000 Message-Id: <20190411114630.4042-12-mpe@ellerman.id.au> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.20.1 In-Reply-To: <20190411114630.4042-1-mpe@ellerman.id.au> References: <20190411114630.4042-1-mpe@ellerman.id.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org From: Diana Craciun commit cf175dc315f90185128fb061dc05b6fbb211aa2f upstream. The speculation barrier can be disabled from the command line with the parameter: "nospectre_v1". Signed-off-by: Diana Craciun Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman --- arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c index bf298d0c475f..813e38ff81ce 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ unsigned long powerpc_security_features __read_mostly = SEC_FTR_DEFAULT; bool barrier_nospec_enabled; +static bool no_nospec; static void enable_barrier_nospec(bool enable) { @@ -43,9 +44,18 @@ void setup_barrier_nospec(void) enable = security_ftr_enabled(SEC_FTR_FAVOUR_SECURITY) && security_ftr_enabled(SEC_FTR_BNDS_CHK_SPEC_BAR); - enable_barrier_nospec(enable); + if (!no_nospec) + enable_barrier_nospec(enable); } +static int __init handle_nospectre_v1(char *p) +{ + no_nospec = true; + + return 0; +} +early_param("nospectre_v1", handle_nospectre_v1); + #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS static int barrier_nospec_set(void *data, u64 val) { -- 2.20.1