Re: [PATCH] x86/speculation/spectre_v2: Exclude Zhaoxin CPUs from SPECTRE_V2

From: Tony W Wang-oc
Date: Thu Jan 16 2020 - 20:29:53 EST




On 17/01/2020 01:09, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> Tony,
>
> Tony W Wang-oc <TonyWWang-oc@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> @@ -1023,6 +1023,7 @@ static void identify_cpu_without_cpuid(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
>> #define MSBDS_ONLY BIT(5)
>> #define NO_SWAPGS BIT(6)
>> #define NO_ITLB_MULTIHIT BIT(7)
>> +#define NO_SPECTRE_V2 BIT(8)
>>
>> #define VULNWL(_vendor, _family, _model, _whitelist) \
>> { X86_VENDOR_##_vendor, _family, _model, X86_FEATURE_ANY, _whitelist }
>> @@ -1084,6 +1085,10 @@ static const __initconst struct x86_cpu_id cpu_vuln_whitelist[] = {
>> /* FAMILY_ANY must be last, otherwise 0x0f - 0x12 matches won't work */
>> VULNWL_AMD(X86_FAMILY_ANY, NO_MELTDOWN | NO_L1TF | NO_MDS | NO_SWAPGS | NO_ITLB_MULTIHIT),
>> VULNWL_HYGON(X86_FAMILY_ANY, NO_MELTDOWN | NO_L1TF | NO_MDS | NO_SWAPGS | NO_ITLB_MULTIHIT),
>> +
>> + /* Zhaoxin Family 7 */
>> + VULNWL(CENTAUR, 7, X86_MODEL_ANY, NO_SPECTRE_V2),
>> + VULNWL(ZHAOXIN, 7, X86_MODEL_ANY, NO_SPECTRE_V2),
>> {}
>> };
>>
>> @@ -1116,7 +1121,9 @@ static void __init cpu_set_bug_bits(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
>> return;
>>
>> setup_force_cpu_bug(X86_BUG_SPECTRE_V1);
>> - setup_force_cpu_bug(X86_BUG_SPECTRE_V2);
>> +
>> + if (!cpu_matches(NO_SPECTRE_V2))
>> + setup_force_cpu_bug(X86_BUG_SPECTRE_V2);
>
> That's way better. But as you might have noticed yourself this conflicts
> with the other patch which excludes these machines from the SWAPGS bug.
>
> Granted it's a trivial conflict, but maintainers are not there to mop up
> the mess others create. So the right thing here is to resend both
> patches as a patch series with the conflict properly resolved.
>

Sorry for this conflict. Will resend these two patches as a patch set.

Sincerely
TonyWWang-oc