File 5a5e3a4e-7-x86-cmdline-opt-to-disable-IBRS-IBPB-STIBP.patch of Package xen.11298
# Commit 7850b1c00749df834ea2ad0c1f5d9364c4838795
# Date 2018-01-16 17:45:50 +0000
# Author Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
# Committer Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
x86/cmdline: Introduce a command line option to disable IBRS/IBPB, STIBP and IBPB
Instead of gaining yet another top level boolean, introduce a more generic
cpuid= option. Also introduce a helper function to parse a generic boolean
value.
This is part of XSA-254.
Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
# Commit ac37ec1ddef234eeba6f438c29ff687c64962ebd
# Date 2018-01-31 10:47:12 +0000
# Author Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
# Committer Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
xen/cmdline: Fix parse_boolean() for unadorned values
A command line such as "cpuid=no-ibrsb,no-stibp" tickles a bug in
parse_boolean() because the separating comma fails the NUL case.
Instead, check for slen == nlen which accounts for the boundary (if any)
passed via the 'e' parameter.
Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
--- a/docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown
+++ b/docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown
@@ -403,6 +403,18 @@ Indicate where the responsibility for dr
respectively.
* `verbose` option can be included as a string or also as `verbose=<integer>`
+### cpuid (x86)
+> `= List of comma separated booleans`
+
+This option allows for fine tuning of the facilities Xen will use, after
+accounting for hardware capabilities as enumerated via CPUID.
+
+Currently accepted:
+
+The Speculation Control hardware features `ibrsb`, `stibp`, `ibpb` are used by
+default if avaiable. They can be ignored, e.g. `no-ibrsb`, at which point Xen
+won't use them itself, and won't offer them to guests.
+
### cpuid\_mask\_cpu (AMD only)
> `= fam_0f_rev_c | fam_0f_rev_d | fam_0f_rev_e | fam_0f_rev_f | fam_0f_rev_g | fam_10_rev_b | fam_10_rev_c | fam_11_rev_b`
--- a/xen/arch/x86/setup.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/setup.c
@@ -109,6 +109,41 @@ struct cpuinfo_x86 __read_mostly boot_cp
unsigned long __read_mostly mmu_cr4_features = XEN_MINIMAL_CR4;
+static int __init parse_xen_cpuid(const char *s)
+{
+ const char *ss;
+ int val, rc = 0;
+
+ do {
+ ss = strchr(s, ',');
+ if ( !ss )
+ ss = strchr(s, '\0');
+
+ if ( (val = parse_boolean("ibpb", s, ss)) >= 0 )
+ {
+ if ( !val )
+ setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_IBPB);
+ }
+ else if ( (val = parse_boolean("ibrsb", s, ss)) >= 0 )
+ {
+ if ( !val )
+ setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_IBRSB);
+ }
+ else if ( (val = parse_boolean("stibp", s, ss)) >= 0 )
+ {
+ if ( !val )
+ setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_STIBP);
+ }
+ else
+ rc = -EINVAL;
+
+ s = ss + 1;
+ } while ( *ss );
+
+ return rc;
+}
+custom_param("cpuid", parse_xen_cpuid);
+
bool_t __read_mostly acpi_disabled;
bool_t __initdata acpi_force;
static char __initdata acpi_param[10] = "";
--- a/xen/common/kernel.c
+++ b/xen/common/kernel.c
@@ -171,6 +171,43 @@ int __init parse_bool(const char *s)
return -1;
}
+int parse_boolean(const char *name, const char *s, const char *e)
+{
+ size_t slen, nlen;
+ int val = !!strncmp(s, "no-", 3);
+
+ if ( !val )
+ s += 3;
+
+ slen = e ? ({ ASSERT(e >= s); e - s; }) : strlen(s);
+ nlen = strlen(name);
+
+ /* Does s now start with name? */
+ if ( slen < nlen || strncmp(s, name, nlen) )
+ return -1;
+
+ /* Exact, unadorned name? Result depends on the 'no-' prefix. */
+ if ( slen == nlen )
+ return val;
+
+ /* =$SOMETHING? Defer to the regular boolean parsing. */
+ if ( s[nlen] == '=' )
+ {
+ char buf[8];
+
+ s += nlen + 1;
+ slen -= nlen + 1;
+ if ( slen >= ARRAY_SIZE(buf) )
+ return -1;
+ memcpy(buf, s, slen);
+ buf[slen] = 0;
+ return parse_bool(buf);
+ }
+
+ /* Unrecognised. Give up. */
+ return -1;
+}
+
/**
* print_tainted - return a string to represent the kernel taint state.
*
--- a/xen/include/xen/lib.h
+++ b/xen/include/xen/lib.h
@@ -74,6 +74,13 @@ struct domain;
void cmdline_parse(const char *cmdline);
int parse_bool(const char *s);
+/**
+ * Given a specific name, parses a string of the form:
+ * [no-]$NAME[=...]
+ * returning 0 or 1 for a recognised boolean, or -1 for an error.
+ */
+int parse_boolean(const char *name, const char *s, const char *e);
+
/*#define DEBUG_TRACE_DUMP*/
#ifdef DEBUG_TRACE_DUMP
extern void debugtrace_dump(void);