From: Ramakrishna Saripalli <rsaripal@amd.com>
To: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, <x86@kernel.org>,
<tglx@linutronix.de>, <mingo@redhat.com>, <bp@alien8.de>,
<hpa@zytor.com>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: <bsd@redhat.com>, <rsaripal@amd.com>
Subject: [v2 1/1] x86/cpufeatures: Implement Predictive Store Forwarding control.
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2021 12:10:13 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210422171013.50207-2-rsaripal@amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210422171013.50207-1-rsaripal@amd.com>
From: Ramakrishna Saripalli <rk.saripalli@amd.com>
Certain AMD processors feature a new technology called Predictive Store
Forwarding (PSF).
PSF is a micro-architectural optimization designed to improve the
performance of code execution by predicting dependencies between
loads and stores.
Incorrect PSF predictions can occur due to two reasons.
- It is possible that the load/store pair may have had dependency for
a while but the dependency has stopped because the address in the
load/store pair has changed.
- Second source of incorrect PSF prediction can occur because of an alias
in the PSF predictor structure stored in the microarchitectural state.
PSF predictor tracks load/store pair based on portions of instruction
pointer. It is possible that a load/store pair which does have a
dependency may be aliased by another load/store pair which does not have
the same dependency. This can result in incorrect speculation.
Software may be able to detect this aliasing and perform side-channel
attacks.
All CPUs that implement PSF provide one bit to disable this feature.
If the bit to disable this feature is available, it means that the CPU
implements PSF feature and is therefore vulnerable to PSF risks.
The bits that are introduced
X86_FEATURE_PSFD: CPUID_Fn80000008_EBX[28] ("PSF disable")
If this bit is 1, CPU implements PSF and PSF control
via SPEC_CTRL_MSR is supported in the CPU.
All AMD processors that support PSF implement a bit in
SPEC_CTRL MSR (0x48) to disable or enable Predictive Store
Forwarding.
PSF control introduces a new kernel parameter called
predict_store_fwd.
Kernel parameter predict_store_fwd has the following values
- off. This value is used to disable PSF on all CPUs.
- on. This value is used to enable PSF on all CPUs.
This is also the default setting.
ChangeLogs:
V1->V2:
- Smashed multiple commits into one commit.
- Rename PSF to a control instead of mitigation.
V1:
- Initial patchset.
- Kernel parameter controls enable and disable of PSF.
====================
Signed-off-by: Ramakrishna Saripalli<rk.saripalli@amd.com>
---
.../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 +++++
arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h | 1 +
arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h | 2 ++
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 27 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 04545725f187..58f6bd02385b 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3940,6 +3940,11 @@
Format: {"off"}
Disable Hardware Transactional Memory
+ predict_store_fwd [X86] This option controls PSF mitigation
+ off - Turns on PSF mitigation.
+ on - Turns off PSF mitigation.
+ default : on.
+
preempt= [KNL]
Select preemption mode if you have CONFIG_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
none - Limited to cond_resched() calls
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
index cc96e26d69f7..078f46022293 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@
#define X86_FEATURE_AMD_SSBD (13*32+24) /* "" Speculative Store Bypass Disable */
#define X86_FEATURE_VIRT_SSBD (13*32+25) /* Virtualized Speculative Store Bypass Disable */
#define X86_FEATURE_AMD_SSB_NO (13*32+26) /* "" Speculative Store Bypass is fixed in hardware. */
+#define X86_FEATURE_PSFD (13*32+28) /* Predictive Store Forward Disable */
/* Thermal and Power Management Leaf, CPUID level 0x00000006 (EAX), word 14 */
#define X86_FEATURE_DTHERM (14*32+ 0) /* Digital Thermal Sensor */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
index 546d6ecf0a35..f569918c8754 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@
#define SPEC_CTRL_STIBP BIT(SPEC_CTRL_STIBP_SHIFT) /* STIBP mask */
#define SPEC_CTRL_SSBD_SHIFT 2 /* Speculative Store Bypass Disable bit */
#define SPEC_CTRL_SSBD BIT(SPEC_CTRL_SSBD_SHIFT) /* Speculative Store Bypass Disable */
+#define SPEC_CTRL_PSFD_SHIFT 7
+#define SPEC_CTRL_PSFD BIT(SPEC_CTRL_PSFD_SHIFT) /* Predictive Store Forwarding Disable */
#define MSR_IA32_PRED_CMD 0x00000049 /* Prediction Command */
#define PRED_CMD_IBPB BIT(0) /* Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
index 347a956f71ca..88aac52eeb1b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
@@ -1170,3 +1170,22 @@ void set_dr_addr_mask(unsigned long mask, int dr)
break;
}
}
+
+static int __init psf_cmdline(char *str)
+{
+ if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PSFD))
+ return 0;
+
+ if (!str)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (!strcmp(str, "off")) {
+ x86_spec_ctrl_base |= SPEC_CTRL_PSFD;
+ wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL, x86_spec_ctrl_base);
+ setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_PSFD);
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+early_param("predict_store_fwd", psf_cmdline);
--
2.25.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-04-22 17:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-04-22 17:10 [v2 0/1] Introduce support for PSF control Ramakrishna Saripalli
2021-04-22 17:10 ` Ramakrishna Saripalli [this message]
2021-04-22 17:49 ` [v2 1/1] x86/cpufeatures: Implement Predictive Store Forwarding control Randy Dunlap
2021-04-22 19:32 ` Saripalli, RK
2021-04-22 20:46 ` Randy Dunlap
2021-04-22 21:23 ` Saripalli, RK
2021-04-26 16:28 ` Reiji Watanabe
2021-04-26 16:40 ` Saripalli, RK
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