From ce0abef6a1d540acef85068e0e82bdf1fbeeb0e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sean Christopherson Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 17:05:55 -0700 Subject: cpu: Ignore "mitigations" kernel parameter if CPU_MITIGATIONS=n Explicitly disallow enabling mitigations at runtime for kernels that were built with CONFIG_CPU_MITIGATIONS=n, as some architectures may omit code entirely if mitigations are disabled at compile time. E.g. on x86, a large pile of Kconfigs are buried behind CPU_MITIGATIONS, and trying to provide sane behavior for retroactively enabling mitigations is extremely difficult, bordering on impossible. E.g. page table isolation and call depth tracking require build-time support, BHI mitigations will still be off without additional kernel parameters, etc. [ bp: Touchups. ] Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) Acked-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240420000556.2645001-3-seanjc@google.com --- arch/x86/Kconfig | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'arch') diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index 619a04d5c131..928820e61cb5 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -2495,9 +2495,13 @@ menuconfig CPU_MITIGATIONS help Say Y here to enable options which enable mitigations for hardware vulnerabilities (usually related to speculative execution). + Mitigations can be disabled or restricted to SMT systems at runtime + via the "mitigations" kernel parameter. - If you say N, all mitigations will be disabled. You really - should know what you are doing to say so. + If you say N, all mitigations will be disabled. This CANNOT be + overridden at runtime. + + Say 'Y', unless you really know what you are doing. if CPU_MITIGATIONS -- cgit v1.2.3