[Xen-changelog] [xen stable-4.9] x86/AMD: Mitigations for GPZ SP4 - Speculative Store Bypass

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commit 1ed34667b1865c645f0404d9b611128aa2773aa3
Author:     Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Thu Apr 26 10:56:28 2018 +0100
Commit:     Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Tue May 29 09:51:50 2018 +0200

    x86/AMD: Mitigations for GPZ SP4 - Speculative Store Bypass
    
    AMD processors will execute loads and stores with the same base register in
    program order, which is typically how a compiler emits code.
    
    Therefore, by default no mitigating actions are taken, despite there being
    corner cases which are vulnerable to the issue.
    
    For performance testing, or for users with particularly sensitive workloads,
    the `spec-ctrl=ssbd` command line option is available to force Xen to 
disable
    Memory Disambiguation on applicable hardware.
    
    Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
---
 docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown |  7 ++++++-
 xen/arch/x86/cpu/amd.c              | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 xen/arch/x86/spec_ctrl.c            |  3 +++
 xen/include/asm-x86/spec_ctrl.h     |  1 +
 4 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown 
b/docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown
index cf88419f23..e2b363fd0c 100644
--- a/docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown
+++ b/docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown
@@ -1611,7 +1611,7 @@ false disable the quirk workaround, which is also the 
default.
 
 ### spec-ctrl (x86)
 > `= List of [ <bool>, xen=<bool>, {pv,hvm,msr-sc,rsb}=<bool>,
->              bti-thunk=retpoline|lfence|jmp, {ibrs,ibpb}=<bool> ]`
+>              bti-thunk=retpoline|lfence|jmp, {ibrs,ibpb,ssbd}=<bool> ]`
 
 Controls for speculative execution sidechannel mitigations.  By default, Xen
 will pick the most appropriate mitigations based on compiled in support,
@@ -1655,6 +1655,11 @@ On hardware supporting IBPB (Indirect Branch Prediction 
Barrier), the `ibpb=`
 option can be used to force (the default) or prevent Xen from issuing branch
 prediction barriers on vcpu context switches.
 
+On hardware supporting SSBD (Speculative Store Bypass Disable), the `ssbd=`
+option can be used to force or prevent Xen using the feature itself.  On AMD
+hardware, this is a global option applied at boot, and not virtualised for
+guest use.
+
 ### sync\_console
 > `= <boolean>`
 
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/amd.c b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/amd.c
index 40c0bac80b..e4fea603c3 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/amd.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/amd.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <asm/amd.h>
 #include <asm/hvm/support.h>
 #include <asm/setup.h> /* amd_init_cpu */
+#include <asm/spec_ctrl.h>
 #include <asm/acpi.h>
 #include <asm/apic.h>
 
@@ -590,6 +591,25 @@ static void init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
                                  c->x86_capability);
        }
 
+       /*
+        * If the user has explicitly chosen to disable Memory Disambiguation
+        * to mitigiate Speculative Store Bypass, poke the appropriate MSR.
+        */
+       if (opt_ssbd) {
+               int bit = -1;
+
+               switch (c->x86) {
+               case 0x15: bit = 54; break;
+               case 0x16: bit = 33; break;
+               case 0x17: bit = 10; break;
+               }
+
+               if (bit >= 0 && !rdmsr_safe(MSR_AMD64_LS_CFG, value)) {
+                       value |= 1ull << bit;
+                       wrmsr_safe(MSR_AMD64_LS_CFG, value);
+               }
+       }
+
        /* MFENCE stops RDTSC speculation */
        if (!cpu_has_lfence_dispatch)
                __set_bit(X86_FEATURE_MFENCE_RDTSC, c->x86_capability);
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/spec_ctrl.c b/xen/arch/x86/spec_ctrl.c
index 8099587bb0..61c046edfd 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/spec_ctrl.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/spec_ctrl.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ static enum ind_thunk {
 } opt_thunk __initdata = THUNK_DEFAULT;
 static int8_t __initdata opt_ibrs = -1;
 bool __read_mostly opt_ibpb = true;
+bool __read_mostly opt_ssbd = false;
 
 bool __initdata bsp_delay_spec_ctrl;
 uint8_t __read_mostly default_xen_spec_ctrl;
@@ -164,6 +165,8 @@ static int __init parse_spec_ctrl(char *s)
             opt_ibrs = val;
         else if ( (val = parse_boolean("ibpb", s, ss)) >= 0 )
             opt_ibpb = val;
+        else if ( (val = parse_boolean("ssbd", s, ss)) >= 0 )
+            opt_ssbd = val;
         else
             rc = -EINVAL;
 
diff --git a/xen/include/asm-x86/spec_ctrl.h b/xen/include/asm-x86/spec_ctrl.h
index c6a38f495d..4678a40ba5 100644
--- a/xen/include/asm-x86/spec_ctrl.h
+++ b/xen/include/asm-x86/spec_ctrl.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 void init_speculation_mitigations(void);
 
 extern bool opt_ibpb;
+extern bool opt_ssbd;
 
 extern bool bsp_delay_spec_ctrl;
 extern uint8_t default_xen_spec_ctrl;
--
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