From 51973a815c6b46d7b23b68d6af371ad1c9d503ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Ellerman Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 14:15:59 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] powerpc/64: Use barrier_nospec in syscall entry Our syscall entry is done in assembly so patch in an explicit barrier_nospec. Based on a patch by Michal Suchanek. Signed-off-by: Michal Suchanek Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman --- arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S index 3d1af55e09dc..b10e01021214 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S #include @@ -178,6 +179,15 @@ system_call: /* label this so stack traces look sane */ clrldi r8,r8,32 15: slwi r0,r0,4 + + barrier_nospec_asm + /* + * Prevent the load of the handler below (based on the user-passed + * system call number) being speculatively executed until the test + * against NR_syscalls and branch to .Lsyscall_enosys above has + * committed. + */ + ldx r12,r11,r0 /* Fetch system call handler [ptr] */ mtctr r12 bctrl /* Call handler */ -- 2.17.1