powerpc/fsl: Flush the branch predictor at each kernel entry (64bit)
authorDiana Craciun <diana.craciun@nxp.com>
Wed, 12 Dec 2018 14:03:05 +0000 (16:03 +0200)
committerMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Thu, 20 Dec 2018 11:59:03 +0000 (22:59 +1100)
commit10c5e83afd4a3f01712d97d3bb1ae34d5b74a185
tree19f032a9630407a6b0d0bbfe13c44cb4573f57f1
parentf633a8ad636efb5d4bba1a047d4a0f1ef719aa06
powerpc/fsl: Flush the branch predictor at each kernel entry (64bit)

In order to protect against speculation attacks on
indirect branches, the branch predictor is flushed at
kernel entry to protect for the following situations:
- userspace process attacking another userspace process
- userspace process attacking the kernel
Basically when the privillege level change (i.e. the
kernel is entered), the branch predictor state is flushed.

Signed-off-by: Diana Craciun <diana.craciun@nxp.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64e.S
arch/powerpc/mm/tlb_low_64e.S