Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [Patch v3 04/13] x86/speculation: Disable STIBP when enhanced IBRS is in use | From | Tim Chen <> | Date | Fri, 26 Oct 2018 11:29:44 -0700 |
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On 10/26/2018 11:18 AM, Tim Chen wrote: > On 10/26/2018 10:00 AM, Waiman Long wrote: >> On 10/17/2018 01:59 PM, Tim Chen wrote: >>> With enhanced IBRS in use, the application running on sibling CPU will not >>> be able to launch Spectre v2 attack to the application on current CPU. >>> There is no need to use STIBP for this case. Disable the STIBP code >>> when enhanced IBRS is used. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com> >>> --- >>> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 12 +++++++++++- >>> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >>> >>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c >>> index 2fc7b4e..6ed82ea 100644 >>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c >>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c >>> @@ -327,6 +327,14 @@ static enum spectre_v2_mitigation_cmd __init spectre_v2_parse_cmdline(void) >>> >>> static bool stibp_needed(void) >>> { >>> + /* >>> + * Determine if we want to leave STIBP always on. >>> + * Using enhanced IBRS makes using STIBP unnecessary. >>> + */ >>> + >>> + if (static_branch_unlikely(&spectre_v2_enhanced_ibrs)) >>> + return false; >>> + >>> if (spectre_v2_enabled == SPECTRE_V2_NONE) >>> return false; >>> >>> @@ -881,7 +889,9 @@ static ssize_t cpu_show_common(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr >>> ", IBPB" : "", >>> boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_USE_IBRS_FW) ? >>> ", IBRS_FW" : "", >>> - (x86_spec_ctrl_base & SPEC_CTRL_STIBP) ? >>> + spectre_v2_enabled == SPECTRE_V2_IBRS_ENHANCED ? >>> + ", Enhanced IBRS" : >>> + (x86_spec_ctrl_base & SPEC_CTRL_STIBP) ? >>> ", STIBP" : "", >>> boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_RSB_CTXSW) ? >>> ", RSB filling" : "", >> >> The "Enhanced IBRS" is one of the states of spectre_v2_enabled. So you >> don't need to print that out one more time. >> > > This is for the query to to > /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v2 > > Currently Enhanced IBRS usage is not shown and should be listed. >
Ah, you are correct. It is shown in spectre_v2 string. Will remove the extra Enhanced IBRS string.
Tim
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