selftests/powerpc: Add a test of spectre_v2 mitigations
This test uses the PMU to count branch prediction hits/misses for a known loop, and compare the result to the reported spectre v2 mitigation. This gives us a way of sanity checking that the reported mitigation is actually in effect. Sample output for some cases, eg: Power9: sysfs reports: 'Vulnerable' PM_BR_PRED_CCACHE: result 368 running/enabled 5792777124 PM_BR_MPRED_CCACHE: result 319 running/enabled 5792775546 PM_BR_PRED_PCACHE: result 2147483281 running/enabled 5792773128 PM_BR_MPRED_PCACHE: result 213604201 running/enabled 5792771640 Miss percent 9 % OK - Measured branch prediction rates match reported spectre v2 mitigation. sysfs reports: 'Mitigation: Indirect branch serialisation (kernel only)' PM_BR_PRED_CCACHE: result 895 running/enabled 5780320920 PM_BR_MPRED_CCACHE: result 822 running/enabled 5780312414 PM_BR_PRED_PCACHE: result 2147482754 running/enabled 5780308836 PM_BR_MPRED_PCACHE: result 213639731 running/enabled 5780307912 Miss percent 9 % OK - Measured branch prediction rates match reported spectre v2 mitigation. sysfs reports: 'Mitigation: Indirect branch cache disabled' PM_BR_PRED_CCACHE: result 2147483649 running/enabled 20540186160 PM_BR_MPRED_CCACHE: result 2147483649 running/enabled 20540180056 PM_BR_PRED_PCACHE: result 0 running/enabled 20540176090 PM_BR_MPRED_PCACHE: result 0 running/enabled 20540174182 Miss percent 100 % OK - Measured branch prediction rates match reported spectre v2 mitigation. Power8: sysfs reports: 'Vulnerable' PM_BR_PRED_CCACHE: result 2147483649 running/enabled 3505888142 PM_BR_MPRED_CCACHE: result 9 running/enabled 3505882788 Miss percent 0 % OK - Measured branch prediction rates match reported spectre v2 mitigation. sysfs reports: 'Mitigation: Indirect branch cache disabled' PM_BR_PRED_CCACHE: result 2147483649 running/enabled 16931421988 PM_BR_MPRED_CCACHE: result 2147483649 running/enabled 16931416478 Miss percent 100 % OK - Measured branch prediction rates match reported spectre v2 mitigation. success: spectre_v2 Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190520105520.22274-1-mpe@ellerman.id.au
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