From nobody Tue Apr 7 14:52:30 2026 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D9AAECAAD4 for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2022 12:45:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S242826AbiHZMpQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Aug 2022 08:45:16 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:37598 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S235525AbiHZMpM (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Aug 2022 08:45:12 -0400 Received: from out30-44.freemail.mail.aliyun.com (out30-44.freemail.mail.aliyun.com [115.124.30.44]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 164E84AD55 for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2022 05:45:08 -0700 (PDT) X-Alimail-AntiSpam: AC=PASS;BC=-1|-1;BR=01201311R471e4;CH=green;DM=||false|;DS=||;FP=0|-1|-1|-1|0|-1|-1|-1;HT=ay29a033018045170;MF=liusong@linux.alibaba.com;NM=1;PH=DS;RN=6;SR=0;TI=SMTPD_---0VNJGpjA_1661517885; Received: from localhost(mailfrom:liusong@linux.alibaba.com fp:SMTPD_---0VNJGpjA_1661517885) by smtp.aliyun-inc.com; Fri, 26 Aug 2022 20:45:06 +0800 From: Liu Song To: liusong@linux.alibaba.com Cc: catalin.marinas@arm.com, james.morse@arm.com, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, will@kernel.org Subject: [PATCH v2] arm64: spectre: increase parameters that can be used to turn off bhb mitigation individually Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 20:44:45 +0800 Message-Id: <1661517885-112909-1-git-send-email-liusong@linux.alibaba.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.3.1 In-Reply-To: <837426e9-0f24-2ce2-e631-b91276035397@linux.alibaba.com> References: <837426e9-0f24-2ce2-e631-b91276035397@linux.alibaba.com> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" From: Liu Song In our environment, it was found that the mitigation BHB has a great impact on the benchmark performance. For example, in the lmbench test, the "process fork && exit" test performance drops by 20%. So it is necessary to have the ability to turn off the mitigation individually through cmdline, thus avoiding having to compile the kernel by adjusting the config. Signed-off-by: Liu Song --- Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 +++++ arch/arm64/kernel/proton-pack.c | 10 +++++++++- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentatio= n/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index d7f3090..1edc9a6 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -3207,6 +3207,7 @@ spectre_v2_user=3Doff [X86] spec_store_bypass_disable=3Doff [X86,PPC] ssbd=3Dforce-off [ARM64] + nospectre_bhb [ARM64] l1tf=3Doff [X86] mds=3Doff [X86] tsx_async_abort=3Doff [X86] @@ -3631,6 +3632,10 @@ vulnerability. System may allow data leaks with this option. =20 + nospectre_bhb [ARM64] Disable all mitigations for Spectre-BHB (branch + history injection) vulnerability. System may allow data leaks + with this option. + nospec_store_bypass_disable [HW] Disable all mitigations for the Speculative Store Bypass vulnerabi= lity =20 diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/proton-pack.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/proton-pac= k.c index 40be3a7..bd16903 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/proton-pack.c +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/proton-pack.c @@ -988,6 +988,14 @@ static void this_cpu_set_vectors(enum arm64_bp_harden_= el1_vectors slot) isb(); } =20 +static bool __read_mostly __nospectre_bhb; +static int __init parse_spectre_bhb_param(char *str) +{ + __nospectre_bhb =3D true; + return 0; +} +early_param("nospectre_bhb", parse_spectre_bhb_param); + void spectre_bhb_enable_mitigation(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *en= try) { bp_hardening_cb_t cpu_cb; @@ -1001,7 +1009,7 @@ void spectre_bhb_enable_mitigation(const struct arm64= _cpu_capabilities *entry) /* No point mitigating Spectre-BHB alone. */ } else if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MITIGATE_SPECTRE_BRANCH_HISTORY)) { pr_info_once("spectre-bhb mitigation disabled by compile time option\n"); - } else if (cpu_mitigations_off()) { + } else if (cpu_mitigations_off() || __nospectre_bhb) { pr_info_once("spectre-bhb mitigation disabled by command line option\n"); } else if (supports_ecbhb(SCOPE_LOCAL_CPU)) { state =3D SPECTRE_MITIGATED; --=20 1.8.3.1