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* [PATCH v4 1/7] powerpc/64: Add INTERRUPT_SANITIZE_REGISTERS Kconfig
@ 2022-11-29  4:43 Rohan McLure
  2022-11-29  4:43 ` [PATCH v4 2/7] powerpc/64: Add interrupt register sanitisation macros Rohan McLure
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From: Rohan McLure @ 2022-11-29  4:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linuxppc-dev; +Cc: Rohan McLure, npiggin

Add Kconfig option for enabling clearing of registers on arrival in an
interrupt handler. This reduces the speculation influence of registers
on kernel internals. The option will be consumed by 64-bit systems that
feature speculation and wish to implement this mitigation.

This patch only introduces the Kconfig option, no actual mitigations.

The primary overhead of this mitigation lies in an increased number of
registers that must be saved and restored by interrupt handlers on
Book3S systems. Enable by default on Book3E systems, which prior to
this patch eagerly save and restore register state, meaning that the
mitigation when implemented will have minimal overhead.

Acked-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Rohan McLure <rmclure@linux.ibm.com>
---
Resubmitting patches as their own series after v6 partially merged:
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/166488988686.779920.13794870102696416283.b4-ty@ellerman.id.au/t/
---
 arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 4fd4924f6d50..280c797e0f30 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -531,6 +531,15 @@ config HOTPLUG_CPU
 
 	  Say N if you are unsure.
 
+config INTERRUPT_SANITIZE_REGISTERS
+	bool "Clear gprs on interrupt arrival"
+	depends on PPC64 && ARCH_HAS_SYSCALL_WRAPPER
+	default PPC_BOOK3E_64
+	help
+	  Reduce the influence of user register state on interrupt handlers and
+	  syscalls through clearing user state from registers before handling
+	  the exception.
+
 config PPC_QUEUED_SPINLOCKS
 	bool "Queued spinlocks" if EXPERT
 	depends on SMP
-- 
2.37.2


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2022-11-29  4:43 ` [PATCH v4 2/7] powerpc/64: Add interrupt register sanitisation macros Rohan McLure
2022-11-29  9:40   ` Nicholas Piggin
2022-11-29  4:43 ` [PATCH v4 3/7] powerpc/64: Sanitise common exit code for interrupts Rohan McLure
2022-11-29  9:46   ` Nicholas Piggin
2022-11-29  4:43 ` [PATCH v4 4/7] powerpc/64s: IOption for MSR stored in r12 Rohan McLure
2022-11-29  9:48   ` Nicholas Piggin
2022-11-29  4:43 ` [PATCH v4 5/7] powerpc/64s: Zeroise gprs on interrupt routine entry on Book3S Rohan McLure
2022-11-29 10:20   ` Nicholas Piggin
2022-11-29  4:43 ` [PATCH v4 6/7] powerpc/64e: Clear gprs on interrupt routine entry on Book3E Rohan McLure
2022-11-29  4:43 ` [PATCH v4 7/7] powerpc/64: Sanitise user registers on interrupt in pseries, POWERNV Rohan McLure
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