commit dfa88658fb0583abb92e062c7a9cd5a5b94f2a46 upstream.
Report branch predictor state flush as a mitigation for Spectre variant 2.
Signed-off-by: Diana Craciun diana.craciun@nxp.com Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman mpe@ellerman.id.au Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin sashal@kernel.org --- arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c index 6dc5cdc2b87c..43ce800e73bf 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c @@ -213,8 +213,11 @@ ssize_t cpu_show_spectre_v2(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, c
if (count_cache_flush_type == COUNT_CACHE_FLUSH_HW) seq_buf_printf(&s, "(hardware accelerated)"); - } else + } else if (btb_flush_enabled) { + seq_buf_printf(&s, "Mitigation: Branch predictor state flush"); + } else { seq_buf_printf(&s, "Vulnerable"); + }
seq_buf_printf(&s, "\n");