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From dc8c6cce9a26a51fc19961accb978217a3ba8c75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 01:07:53 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] powerpc/64s: Add new security feature flags for count cache
 flush

References: bsc#1131107
Patch-mainline: v4.19-rc1
Git-commit: dc8c6cce9a26a51fc19961accb978217a3ba8c75

Add security feature flags to indicate the need for software to flush
the count cache on context switch, and for the presence of a hardware
assisted count cache flush.

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Acked-by: Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@suse.de>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/security_features.h | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/security_features.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/security_features.h
index 44989b22383c..a0d47bc18a5c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/security_features.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/security_features.h
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ static inline bool security_ftr_enabled(unsigned long feature)
 // Indirect branch prediction cache disabled
 #define SEC_FTR_COUNT_CACHE_DISABLED	0x0000000000000020ull
 
+// bcctr 2,0,0 triggers a hardware assisted count cache flush
+#define SEC_FTR_BCCTR_FLUSH_ASSIST	0x0000000000000800ull
+
 
 // Features indicating need for Spectre/Meltdown mitigations
 
@@ -74,6 +77,9 @@ static inline bool security_ftr_enabled(unsigned long feature)
 // Firmware configuration indicates user favours security over performance
 #define SEC_FTR_FAVOUR_SECURITY		0x0000000000000200ull
 
+// Software required to flush count cache on context switch
+#define SEC_FTR_FLUSH_COUNT_CACHE	0x0000000000000400ull
+
 
 // Features enabled by default
 #define SEC_FTR_DEFAULT \
-- 
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