Messages in this thread | | | From | Balbir Singh <> | Subject | [PATCH v2 0/4] arch/x86: Optionally flush L1D on context switch | Date | Mon, 6 Apr 2020 13:19:42 +1000 |
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Provide a mechanisn to flush the L1D cache on context switch. The goal is to allow tasks that are paranoid due to the recent snoop assisted data sampling vulnerabilites, to flush their L1D on being switched out. This protects their data from being snooped or leaked via side channels after the task has context switched out.
The core of the patches is patch 3, the first two refactor the code so that common bits can be reused.
Changelog v2: - Fix a miss of mutex_unlock (caught by Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>) - Add documentation about the changes (Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>)
Changelog: - Refactor the code and reuse cond_ibpb() - code bits provided by tglx - Merge mm state tracking for ibpb and l1d flush - Rename TIF_L1D_FLUSH to TIF_SPEC_FLUSH_L1D
Changelog RFC: - Reuse existing code for allocation and flush - Simplify the goto logic in the actual l1d_flush function - Optimize the code path with jump labels/static functions
The previous version of this patch posted at:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200402062401.29856-1-sblbir@amazon.com/
Balbir Singh (4): arch/x86/kvm: Refactor l1d flush lifecycle management arch/x86: Refactor tlbflush and l1d flush arch/x86: Optionally flush L1D on context switch arch/x86: Add L1D flushing Documentation
Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/index.rst | 1 + .../admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1d_flush.rst | 40 ++++++++ arch/x86/include/asm/cacheflush.h | 6 ++ arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h | 6 +- arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h | 2 +- arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/prctl.h | 3 + arch/x86/kernel/Makefile | 1 + arch/x86/kernel/l1d_flush.c | 85 +++++++++++++++++ arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c | 10 +- arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 56 ++--------- arch/x86/mm/tlb.c | 94 ++++++++++++++----- 11 files changed, 232 insertions(+), 72 deletions(-) create mode 100644 Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/l1d_flush.rst create mode 100644 arch/x86/kernel/l1d_flush.c
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