powerpc/fsl: Update Spectre v2 reporting
authorDiana Craciun <diana.craciun@nxp.com>
Wed, 12 Dec 2018 14:03:09 +0000 (16:03 +0200)
committerMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Thu, 20 Dec 2018 11:59:03 +0000 (22:59 +1100)
Report branch predictor state flush as a mitigation for
Spectre variant 2.

Signed-off-by: Diana Craciun <diana.craciun@nxp.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c

index 9ab771b1aebbb2638d483e3f241d958711c00712..9b8631533e02a4559a4dfc4c23240db58e39192c 100644 (file)
@@ -213,8 +213,11 @@ ssize_t cpu_show_spectre_v2(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, c
 
                if (count_cache_flush_type == COUNT_CACHE_FLUSH_HW)
                        seq_buf_printf(&s, "(hardware accelerated)");
-       } else
+       } else if (btb_flush_enabled) {
+               seq_buf_printf(&s, "Mitigation: Branch predictor state flush");
+       } else {
                seq_buf_printf(&s, "Vulnerable");
+       }
 
        seq_buf_printf(&s, "\n");