x86/pti: Add the pti= cmdline option and documentation
authorBorislav Petkov <[email protected]>
Tue, 12 Dec 2017 13:39:52 +0000 (14:39 +0100)
committerIngo Molnar <[email protected]>
Sat, 23 Dec 2017 20:12:59 +0000 (21:12 +0100)
Keep the "nopti" optional for traditional reasons.

[ tglx: Don't allow force on when running on XEN PV and made 'on'
printout conditional ]

Requested-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]>
Cc: Andy Lutomirsky <[email protected]>
Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <[email protected]>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]>
Cc: Brian Gerst <[email protected]>
Cc: Dave Hansen <[email protected]>
Cc: Dave Hansen <[email protected]>
Cc: David Laight <[email protected]>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <[email protected]>
Cc: Eduardo Valentin <[email protected]>
Cc: Greg KH <[email protected]>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <[email protected]>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <[email protected]>
Cc: Juergen Gross <[email protected]>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Cc: Will Deacon <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
arch/x86/mm/pti.c

index 5dfd26265484ede3142d69f99b70606bd789d39d..520fdec15bbb5b1b8f01719bf6714090152d0cea 100644 (file)
        pt.             [PARIDE]
                        See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.
 
+       pti=            [X86_64]
+                       Control user/kernel address space isolation:
+                       on - enable
+                       off - disable
+                       auto - default setting
+
        pty.legacy_count=
                        [KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in
                        default number.
index 375f23a758bcbb222997152aa53bdb72c25c5412..a13f6b1098651a2777de81e403ae8e61350df66a 100644 (file)
@@ -54,21 +54,45 @@ static void __init pti_print_if_insecure(const char *reason)
                pr_info("%s\n", reason);
 }
 
+static void __init pti_print_if_secure(const char *reason)
+{
+       if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_CPU_INSECURE))
+               pr_info("%s\n", reason);
+}
+
 void __init pti_check_boottime_disable(void)
 {
+       char arg[5];
+       int ret;
+
        if (hypervisor_is_type(X86_HYPER_XEN_PV)) {
                pti_print_if_insecure("disabled on XEN PV.");
                return;
        }
 
+       ret = cmdline_find_option(boot_command_line, "pti", arg, sizeof(arg));
+       if (ret > 0)  {
+               if (ret == 3 && !strncmp(arg, "off", 3)) {
+                       pti_print_if_insecure("disabled on command line.");
+                       return;
+               }
+               if (ret == 2 && !strncmp(arg, "on", 2)) {
+                       pti_print_if_secure("force enabled on command line.");
+                       goto enable;
+               }
+               if (ret == 4 && !strncmp(arg, "auto", 4))
+                       goto autosel;
+       }
+
        if (cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line, "nopti")) {
                pti_print_if_insecure("disabled on command line.");
                return;
        }
 
+autosel:
        if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_CPU_INSECURE))
                return;
-
+enable:
        setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_PTI);
 }