This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

[Variant 2/Spectre-v2] arm64: Move post_ttbr_update_workaround to C code

to the 4.15-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git%3Ba=su...

The filename of the patch is: arm64-move-post_ttbr_update_workaround-to-c-code.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.15 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let stable@vger.kernel.org know about it.

From foo@baz Tue Feb 13 17:25:10 CET 2018

From: Marc Zyngier marc.zyngier@arm.com Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2018 18:19:39 +0000 Subject: [Variant 2/Spectre-v2] arm64: Move post_ttbr_update_workaround to C code

From: Marc Zyngier marc.zyngier@arm.com

Commit 95e3de3590e3 upstream.

We will soon need to invoke a CPU-specific function pointer after changing page tables, so move post_ttbr_update_workaround out into C code to make this possible.

Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier marc.zyngier@arm.com Signed-off-by: Will Deacon will.deacon@arm.com Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas catalin.marinas@arm.com

Conflicts: arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org --- arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h | 13 ------------- arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S | 2 +- arch/arm64/mm/context.c | 9 +++++++++ arch/arm64/mm/proc.S | 3 +-- 4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h @@ -494,19 +494,6 @@ alternative_endif mrs \rd, sp_el0 .endm

-/* - * Errata workaround post TTBRx_EL1 update. - */ - .macro post_ttbr_update_workaround -#ifdef CONFIG_CAVIUM_ERRATUM_27456 -alternative_if ARM64_WORKAROUND_CAVIUM_27456 - ic iallu - dsb nsh - isb -alternative_else_nop_endif -#endif - .endm - .macro pte_to_phys, phys, pte and \phys, \pte, #(((1 << (48 - PAGE_SHIFT)) - 1) << PAGE_SHIFT) .endm --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ alternative_else_nop_endif * Cavium erratum 27456 (broadcast TLBI instructions may cause I-cache * corruption). */ - post_ttbr_update_workaround + bl post_ttbr_update_workaround .endif 1: .if \el != 0 --- a/arch/arm64/mm/context.c +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/context.c @@ -239,6 +239,15 @@ switch_mm_fastpath: cpu_switch_mm(mm->pgd, mm); }

+/* Errata workaround post TTBRx_EL1 update. */ +asmlinkage void post_ttbr_update_workaround(void) +{ + asm(ALTERNATIVE("nop; nop; nop", + "ic iallu; dsb nsh; isb", + ARM64_WORKAROUND_CAVIUM_27456, + CONFIG_CAVIUM_ERRATUM_27456)); +} + static int asids_init(void) { asid_bits = get_cpu_asid_bits(); --- a/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/proc.S @@ -148,8 +148,7 @@ ENTRY(cpu_do_switch_mm) isb msr ttbr0_el1, x0 // now update TTBR0 isb - post_ttbr_update_workaround - ret + b post_ttbr_update_workaround // Back to C code... ENDPROC(cpu_do_switch_mm)

.pushsection ".idmap.text", "awx"

Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from marc.zyngier@arm.com are

queue-4.15/arm-arm64-smccc-make-function-identifiers-an-unsigned-quantity.patch queue-4.15/arm64-move-bp-hardening-to-check_and_switch_context.patch queue-4.15/arm-arm64-kvm-advertise-smccc-v1.1.patch queue-4.15/arm64-move-post_ttbr_update_workaround-to-c-code.patch queue-4.15/firmware-psci-expose-psci-conduit.patch queue-4.15/arm64-force-kpti-to-be-disabled-on-cavium-thunderx.patch queue-4.15/arm64-entry-apply-bp-hardening-for-high-priority-synchronous-exceptions.patch queue-4.15/arm64-kpti-fix-the-interaction-between-asid-switching-and-software-pan.patch queue-4.15/firmware-psci-expose-smccc-version-through-psci_ops.patch queue-4.15/arm64-implement-branch-predictor-hardening-for-affected-cortex-a-cpus.patch queue-4.15/arm-arm64-kvm-add-psci_version-helper.patch queue-4.15/arm64-kill-psci_get_version-as-a-variant-2-workaround.patch queue-4.15/arm64-entry-apply-bp-hardening-for-suspicious-interrupts-from-el0.patch queue-4.15/arm64-capabilities-handle-duplicate-entries-for-a-capability.patch queue-4.15/arm64-add-arm_smccc_arch_workaround_1-bp-hardening-support.patch queue-4.15/arm-arm64-kvm-turn-kvm_psci_version-into-a-static-inline.patch queue-4.15/arm-arm64-kvm-implement-psci-1.0-support.patch queue-4.15/arm64-kvm-add-smccc_arch_workaround_1-fast-handling.patch queue-4.15/arm64-kvm-report-smccc_arch_workaround_1-bp-hardening-support.patch queue-4.15/arm-arm64-smccc-implement-smccc-v1.1-inline-primitive.patch queue-4.15/arm64-idmap-use-awx-flags-for-.idmap.text-.pushsection-directives.patch queue-4.15/arm64-kvm-make-psci_version-a-fast-path.patch queue-4.15/arm64-cpufeature-__this_cpu_has_cap-shouldn-t-stop-early.patch queue-4.15/arm64-kpti-add-enable-callback-to-remap-swapper-using-ng-mappings.patch queue-4.15/arm-arm64-kvm-consolidate-the-psci-include-files.patch queue-4.15/arm64-add-skeleton-to-harden-the-branch-predictor-against-aliasing-attacks.patch queue-4.15/arm-arm64-kvm-add-smccc-accessors-to-psci-code.patch queue-4.15/arm64-kvm-use-per-cpu-vector-when-bp-hardening-is-enabled.patch queue-4.15/arm64-kvm-increment-pc-after-handling-an-smc-trap.patch