powerpc/64: Add INTERRUPT_SANITIZE_REGISTERS Kconfig
Add Kconfig option for enabling clearing of registers on arrival in an interrupt handler. This reduces the speculation influence of registers on kernel internals. The option will be consumed by 64-bit systems that feature speculation and wish to implement this mitigation. This patch only introduces the Kconfig option, no actual mitigations. The primary overhead of this mitigation lies in an increased number of registers that must be saved and restored by interrupt handlers on Book3S systems. Enable by default on Book3E systems, which prior to this patch eagerly save and restore register state, meaning that the mitigation when implemented will have minimal overhead. Acked-by:Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> Signed-off-by:
Rohan McLure <rmclure@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by:
Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221201071019.1953023-1-rmclure@linux.ibm.com
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