From patchwork Tue Jul 17 11:09:52 2018 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Diana Craciun X-Patchwork-Id: 944899 Return-Path: X-Original-To: patchwork-incoming@ozlabs.org Delivered-To: patchwork-incoming@ozlabs.org Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [203.11.71.2]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ADH-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 41VHfN3vr9z9rxs for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2018 21:11:40 +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 41VHfN2jCrzF3J6 for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2018 21:11:40 +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=92.121.34.13; helo=inva020.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 inva020.nxp.com (inva020.nxp.com [92.121.34.13]) (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 41VHcY2VfgzF3Hp for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2018 21:10:03 +1000 (AEST) Received: from inva020.nxp.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by inva020.eu-rdc02.nxp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C317B1A00CE; Tue, 17 Jul 2018 13:10:00 +0200 (CEST) Received: from inva024.eu-rdc02.nxp.com (inva024.eu-rdc02.nxp.com [134.27.226.22]) by inva020.eu-rdc02.nxp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B69E71A00CD; Tue, 17 Jul 2018 13:10:00 +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 64D9E205E3; Tue, 17 Jul 2018 13:10:00 +0200 (CEST) From: Diana Craciun To: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Subject: [PATCH v4 1/6] powerpc/fsl: Disable the speculation barrier from the command line Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 14:09:52 +0300 Message-Id: <1531825797-14236-2-git-send-email-diana.craciun@nxp.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.7.4 In-Reply-To: <1531825797-14236-1-git-send-email-diana.craciun@nxp.com> References: <1531825797-14236-1-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) {