[RFC,0/5] cpu/speculation: Add 'cpu_spec_mitigations=' cmdline options

Message

Josh Poimboeuf April 4, 2019, 4:44 p.m. UTC

Keeping track of the number of mitigations for all the CPU speculation
bugs has become overwhelming for many users.  It's getting more and more
complicated to decide which mitigations are needed for a given
architecture.  Complicating matters is the fact that each arch tends to
it own custom way to mitigate the same vulnerability.

Most users fall into a few basic categories:

a) they want all CPU speculation mitigations off;

b) they want all reasonable mitigations on, with SMT enabled even if
   it's vulnerable; or

c) they want all reasonable mitigations on, with SMT disabled if
   vulnerable.

Define a set of curated, arch-independent options, each of which is an
aggregation of existing options:

- cpu_spec_mitigations=off: Disable all mitigations.

- cpu_spec_mitigations=auto: [default] Enable all the default
  mitigations, but leave SMT enabled, even if it's vulnerable.

- cpu_spec_mitigations=auto,nosmt: Enable all the default mitigations,
  disabling SMT if needed by a mitigation.


Josh Poimboeuf (5):
  cpu/speculation: Add 'cpu_spec_mitigations=' cmdline options
  x86/speculation: Add support for 'cpu_spec_mitigations=' cmdline
    options
  powerpc/speculation: Add support for 'cpu_spec_mitigations=' cmdline
    options
  s390/speculation: Add support for 'cpu_spec_mitigations=' cmdline
    options
  arm64/speculation: Add support for 'cpu_spec_mitigations=' cmdline
    options

 .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt         | 42 +++++++++++++++++++
 arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c                |  4 ++
 arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c                |  6 +++
 arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c                |  6 +--
 arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c                |  2 +-
 arch/s390/kernel/nospec-branch.c              |  4 +-
 arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h              |  1 +
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c                    | 32 ++++++++++++--
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c                        |  2 +
 arch/x86/mm/pti.c                             |  4 +-
 include/linux/cpu.h                           |  8 ++++
 kernel/cpu.c                                  | 15 +++++++
 12 files changed, 116 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

Comments

Waiman Long April 4, 2019, 4:50 p.m. UTC | #1

On 04/04/2019 12:44 PM, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> Keeping track of the number of mitigations for all the CPU speculation
> bugs has become overwhelming for many users.  It's getting more and more
> complicated to decide which mitigations are needed for a given
> architecture.  Complicating matters is the fact that each arch tends to
> it own custom way to mitigate the same vulnerability.

... tends to "have its" own ... ?

-Longman