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powerpc/pseries: Fix clearing of security feature flags
authorMauricio Faria de Oliveira <mauricfo@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Thu, 29 Mar 2018 18:32:11 +0000 (15:32 -0300)
committerMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Fri, 30 Mar 2018 13:10:31 +0000 (00:10 +1100)
commit0f9bdfe3c77091e8704d2e510eb7c2c2c6cde524
tree30df3a190bcce7260cf3580f41fd11fb7332378b
parent95dff480bb7b7b5ea534ebf00a18ff57eb897669
powerpc/pseries: Fix clearing of security feature flags

The H_CPU_BEHAV_* flags should be checked for in the 'behaviour' field
of 'struct h_cpu_char_result' -- 'character' is for H_CPU_CHAR_*
flags.

Found by playing around with QEMU's implementation of the hypercall:

  H_CPU_CHAR=0xf000000000000000
  H_CPU_BEHAV=0x0000000000000000

  This clears H_CPU_BEHAV_FAVOUR_SECURITY and H_CPU_BEHAV_L1D_FLUSH_PR
  so pseries_setup_rfi_flush() disables 'rfi_flush'; and it also
  clears H_CPU_CHAR_L1D_THREAD_PRIV flag. So there is no RFI flush
  mitigation at all for cpu_show_meltdown() to report; but currently
  it does:

  Original kernel:

    # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/meltdown
    Mitigation: RFI Flush

  Patched kernel:

    # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/meltdown
    Not affected

  H_CPU_CHAR=0x0000000000000000
  H_CPU_BEHAV=0xf000000000000000

  This sets H_CPU_BEHAV_BNDS_CHK_SPEC_BAR so cpu_show_spectre_v1() should
  report vulnerable; but currently it doesn't:

  Original kernel:

    # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v1
    Not affected

  Patched kernel:

    # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v1
    Vulnerable

Brown-paper-bag-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Fixes: f636c14790ea ("powerpc/pseries: Set or clear security feature flags")
Signed-off-by: Mauricio Faria de Oliveira <mauricfo@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c