The device-tree property no-need-store-drain-on-priv-state-switch is equivalent to H_CPU_BEHAV_NO_STF_BARRIER from the H_CPU_GET_CHARACTERISTICS hcall on pseries. Since commit 84ed26fd00c5 ("powerpc/security: Add a security feature for STF barrier") powernv systems with this device-tree property have been enabling the STF barrier when they have no need for it. This patch fixes this by clearing the STF barrier feature on those systems. Fixes: 84ed26fd00c5 ("powerpc/security: Add a security feature for STF barrier") Reported-by: Joel Stanley <joel@jms.id.au> Signed-off-by: Russell Currey <ruscur@russell.cc> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220404101536.104794-2-ruscur@russell.cc
Linux kernel ============ There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/ There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.
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