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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 24 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/cpu.h | 24 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/cpu.c | 15 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 858b6c0b9a15..720ffa9c4e04 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -2513,6 +2513,30 @@ in the "bleeding edge" mini2440 support kernel at 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. + + off + Disable all optional CPU mitigations. This + improves system performance, but it may also + expose users to several CPU vulnerabilities. + + auto (default) + Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, but leave SMT + enabled, even if it's vulnerable. This is for + 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. + + 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. + mminit_loglevel= [KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this parameter allows control of the logging verbosity for diff --git a/include/linux/cpu.h b/include/linux/cpu.h index 5041357d0297..2d9c6f4b78f5 100644 --- a/include/linux/cpu.h +++ b/include/linux/cpu.h @@ -187,4 +187,28 @@ static inline void cpu_smt_disable(bool force) { } static inline void cpu_smt_check_topology(void) { } #endif +/* + * These are used for a global "mitigations=" cmdline option for toggling + * optional CPU mitigations. + */ +enum cpu_mitigations { + CPU_MITIGATIONS_OFF, + CPU_MITIGATIONS_AUTO, + CPU_MITIGATIONS_AUTO_NOSMT, +}; + +extern enum cpu_mitigations cpu_mitigations; + +/* mitigations=off */ +static inline bool cpu_mitigations_off(void) +{ + return cpu_mitigations == CPU_MITIGATIONS_OFF; +} + +/* mitigations=auto,nosmt */ +static inline bool cpu_mitigations_auto_nosmt(void) +{ + return cpu_mitigations == CPU_MITIGATIONS_AUTO_NOSMT; +} + #endif /* _LINUX_CPU_H_ */ diff --git a/kernel/cpu.c b/kernel/cpu.c index d1c6d152da89..e70a90634b41 100644 --- a/kernel/cpu.c +++ b/kernel/cpu.c @@ -2279,3 +2279,18 @@ void __init boot_cpu_hotplug_init(void) #endif this_cpu_write(cpuhp_state.state, CPUHP_ONLINE); } + +enum cpu_mitigations cpu_mitigations __ro_after_init = CPU_MITIGATIONS_AUTO; + +static int __init mitigations_parse_cmdline(char *arg) +{ + if (!strcmp(arg, "off")) + cpu_mitigations = CPU_MITIGATIONS_OFF; + else if (!strcmp(arg, "auto")) + cpu_mitigations = CPU_MITIGATIONS_AUTO; + else if (!strcmp(arg, "auto,nosmt")) + cpu_mitigations = CPU_MITIGATIONS_AUTO_NOSMT; + + return 0; +} +early_param("mitigations", mitigations_parse_cmdline); |