From patchwork Fri Jul 13 13:52:10 2018 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Diana Craciun X-Patchwork-Id: 943596 Return-Path: X-Original-To: patchwork-incoming@ozlabs.org Delivered-To: patchwork-incoming@ozlabs.org Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [IPv6:2401:3900:2:1::3]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ADH-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 41RvSL6SBlz9ryt for ; Fri, 13 Jul 2018 23:54:42 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: ozlabs.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=nxp.com Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [IPv6:2401:3900:2:1::3]) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41RvSL4c0vzF35k for ; Fri, 13 Jul 2018 23:54:42 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=nxp.com X-Original-To: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Delivered-To: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; spf=pass (mailfrom) smtp.mailfrom=nxp.com (client-ip=92.121.34.21; helo=inva021.nxp.com; envelope-from=diana.craciun@nxp.com; receiver=) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=nxp.com Received: from inva021.nxp.com (inva021.nxp.com [92.121.34.21]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 41RvPl09pWzF35T for ; Fri, 13 Jul 2018 23:52:25 +1000 (AEST) Received: from inva021.nxp.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by inva021.eu-rdc02.nxp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE020200037; Fri, 13 Jul 2018 15:52:22 +0200 (CEST) Received: from inva024.eu-rdc02.nxp.com (inva024.eu-rdc02.nxp.com [134.27.226.22]) by inva021.eu-rdc02.nxp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1A5B200034; Fri, 13 Jul 2018 15:52:22 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fsr-ub1664-009.ea.freescale.net (fsr-ub1664-009.ea.freescale.net [10.171.71.77]) by inva024.eu-rdc02.nxp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90B8A2039E; Fri, 13 Jul 2018 15:52:22 +0200 (CEST) From: Diana Craciun To: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Subject: [PATCH v3 1/6] powerpc/fsl: Disable the speculation barrier from the command line Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 16:52:10 +0300 Message-Id: <1531489935-17473-2-git-send-email-diana.craciun@nxp.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.7.4 In-Reply-To: <1531489935-17473-1-git-send-email-diana.craciun@nxp.com> References: <1531489935-17473-1-git-send-email-diana.craciun@nxp.com> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP X-BeenThere: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: oss@buserror.net, Diana Craciun , bharat.bhushan@nxp.com, leoyang.li@nxp.com Errors-To: linuxppc-dev-bounces+patchwork-incoming=ozlabs.org@lists.ozlabs.org Sender: "Linuxppc-dev" The speculation barrier can be disabled from the command line with the parameter: "nospectre_v1". Signed-off-by: Diana Craciun --- History: v2-->v3 - no changes 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 a8b2773..2ebfc5b 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ 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) { @@ -42,9 +43,18 @@ 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) {