powerpc/64s: Add new security feature flags for count cache flush
authorMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Fri, 29 Mar 2019 11:26:04 +0000 (22:26 +1100)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Wed, 3 Apr 2019 04:25:13 +0000 (06:25 +0200)
commit dc8c6cce9a26a51fc19961accb978217a3ba8c75 upstream.

Add security feature flags to indicate the need for software to flush
the count cache on context switch, and for the presence of a hardware
assisted count cache flush.

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
arch/powerpc/include/asm/security_features.h

index 44989b22383c24b92caaf3dbb3d9831c79cd967f..a0d47bc18a5c0a70bf178068e8d5a4f3da659989 100644 (file)
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ static inline bool security_ftr_enabled(unsigned long feature)
 // Indirect branch prediction cache disabled
 #define SEC_FTR_COUNT_CACHE_DISABLED   0x0000000000000020ull
 
+// bcctr 2,0,0 triggers a hardware assisted count cache flush
+#define SEC_FTR_BCCTR_FLUSH_ASSIST     0x0000000000000800ull
+
 
 // Features indicating need for Spectre/Meltdown mitigations
 
@@ -74,6 +77,9 @@ static inline bool security_ftr_enabled(unsigned long feature)
 // Firmware configuration indicates user favours security over performance
 #define SEC_FTR_FAVOUR_SECURITY                0x0000000000000200ull
 
+// Software required to flush count cache on context switch
+#define SEC_FTR_FLUSH_COUNT_CACHE      0x0000000000000400ull
+
 
 // Features enabled by default
 #define SEC_FTR_DEFAULT \