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authorWill Deacon <will@kernel.org>2020-09-15 22:11:13 +0100
committerWill Deacon <will@kernel.org>2020-09-29 16:08:15 +0100
commit6e5f0927846adf39aebee450f13871e3cb4ab012 (patch)
tree261a6871c7b1a509831ad48b9ec2ea0fe9204675 /arch/arm64/Kconfig
parent39533e12063be7f55e3d6ae21ffe067799d542a4 (diff)
arm64: Remove Spectre-related CONFIG_* options
The spectre mitigations are too configurable for their own good, leading to confusing logic trying to figure out when we should mitigate and when we shouldn't. Although the plethora of command-line options need to stick around for backwards compatibility, the default-on CONFIG options that depend on EXPERT can be dropped, as the mitigations only do anything if the system is vulnerable, a mitigation is available and the command-line hasn't disabled it. Remove CONFIG_HARDEN_BRANCH_PREDICTOR and CONFIG_ARM64_SSBD in favour of enabling this code unconditionally. Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 6d232837cbee..51259274a819 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
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@@ -1165,32 +1165,6 @@ config UNMAP_KERNEL_AT_EL0
If unsure, say Y.
-config HARDEN_BRANCH_PREDICTOR
- bool "Harden the branch predictor against aliasing attacks" if EXPERT
- default y
- help
- Speculation attacks against some high-performance processors rely on
- being able to manipulate the branch predictor for a victim context by
- executing aliasing branches in the attacker context. Such attacks
- can be partially mitigated against by clearing internal branch
- predictor state and limiting the prediction logic in some situations.
-
- This config option will take CPU-specific actions to harden the
- branch predictor against aliasing attacks and may rely on specific
- instruction sequences or control bits being set by the system
- firmware.
-
- If unsure, say Y.
-
-config ARM64_SSBD
- bool "Speculative Store Bypass Disable" if EXPERT
- default y
- help
- This enables mitigation of the bypassing of previous stores
- by speculative loads.
-
- If unsure, say Y.
-
config RODATA_FULL_DEFAULT_ENABLED
bool "Apply r/o permissions of VM areas also to their linear aliases"
default y