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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c | 4 |
3 files changed, 23 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 23af0afe24d1..5f81df18b2be 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -2474,15 +2474,20 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. http://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git mitigations= - Control optional mitigations for CPU vulnerabilities. - This is a set of curated, arch-independent options, each - of which is an aggregation of existing arch-specific - options. + [X86] Control optional mitigations for CPU + vulnerabilities. This is a set of curated, + arch-independent options, each of which is an + aggregation of existing arch-specific options. off Disable all optional CPU mitigations. This improves system performance, but it may also expose users to several CPU vulnerabilities. + Equivalent to: nopti [X86] + nospectre_v2 [X86] + spectre_v2_user=off [X86] + spec_store_bypass_disable=off [X86] + l1tf=off [X86] auto (default) Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, but leave SMT @@ -2490,12 +2495,13 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. users who don't want to be surprised by SMT getting disabled across kernel upgrades, or who have other ways of avoiding SMT-based attacks. - This is the default behavior. + Equivalent to: (default behavior) auto,nosmt Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, disabling SMT if needed. This is for users who always want to be fully mitigated, even if it means losing SMT. + Equivalent to: l1tf=flush,nosmt [X86] mminit_loglevel= [KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c index d81f55e4ca5c..c2e07be3773c 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c @@ -500,7 +500,8 @@ static enum spectre_v2_mitigation_cmd __init spectre_v2_parse_cmdline(void) char arg[20]; int ret, i; - if (cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line, "nospectre_v2")) + if (cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line, "nospectre_v2") || + cpu_mitigations_off()) return SPECTRE_V2_CMD_NONE; ret = cmdline_find_option(boot_command_line, "spectre_v2", arg, sizeof(arg)); @@ -764,7 +765,8 @@ static enum ssb_mitigation_cmd __init ssb_parse_cmdline(void) char arg[20]; int ret, i; - if (cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line, "nospec_store_bypass_disable")) { + if (cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line, "nospec_store_bypass_disable") || + cpu_mitigations_off()) { return SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_NONE; } else { ret = cmdline_find_option(boot_command_line, "spec_store_bypass_disable", @@ -1085,6 +1087,11 @@ static void __init l1tf_select_mitigation(void) if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_L1TF)) return; + if (cpu_mitigations_off()) + l1tf_mitigation = L1TF_MITIGATION_OFF; + else if (cpu_mitigations_auto_nosmt()) + l1tf_mitigation = L1TF_MITIGATION_FLUSH_NOSMT; + override_cache_bits(&boot_cpu_data); switch (l1tf_mitigation) { diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c b/arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c index 3f729e20f0e3..12522dbae615 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/kaiser.c @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ #include <linux/spinlock.h> #include <linux/mm.h> #include <linux/uaccess.h> +#include <linux/cpu.h> #undef pr_fmt #define pr_fmt(fmt) "Kernel/User page tables isolation: " fmt @@ -297,7 +298,8 @@ void __init kaiser_check_boottime_disable(void) goto skip; } - if (cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line, "nopti")) + if (cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line, "nopti") || + cpu_mitigations_off()) goto disable; skip: |