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x86/speculation/l1tf: Limit swap file size to MAX_PA/2
authorAndi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Wed, 13 Jun 2018 22:48:28 +0000 (15:48 -0700)
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Wed, 3 Oct 2018 03:10:03 +0000 (04:10 +0100)
commitcf957b8f323ad8237f5c685eea8415a3086b1d33
treec29fd88286c1f6befb21aa75c4165602a8216444
parent74a430116636754bf42e7ab08fdd9629bd00ffc1
x86/speculation/l1tf: Limit swap file size to MAX_PA/2

commit 377eeaa8e11fe815b1d07c81c4a0e2843a8c15eb upstream.

For the L1TF workaround its necessary to limit the swap file size to below
MAX_PA/2, so that the higher bits of the swap offset inverted never point
to valid memory.

Add a mechanism for the architecture to override the swap file size check
in swapfile.c and add a x86 specific max swapfile check function that
enforces that limit.

The check is only enabled if the CPU is vulnerable to L1TF.

In VMs with 42bit MAX_PA the typical limit is 2TB now, on a native system
with 46bit PA it is 32TB. The limit is only per individual swap file, so
it's always possible to exceed these limits with multiple swap files or
partitions.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Acked-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
[bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
arch/x86/mm/init.c
include/linux/swapfile.h
mm/swapfile.c