x86/CPU: Add support for Vortex CPUs

DM&P devices were not being properly identified, which resulted in
unneeded Spectre/Meltdown mitigations being applied.

The manufacturer states that these devices execute always in-order and
don't support either speculative execution or branch prediction, so
they are not vulnerable to this class of attack. [1]

This is something I've personally tested by a simple timing analysis
on my Vortex86MX CPU, and can confirm it is true.

Add identification for some devices that lack the CPUID product name
call, so they appear properly on /proc/cpuinfo.

¹https://www.ssv-embedded.de/doks/infos/DMP_Ann_180108_Meltdown.pdf

 [ bp: Massage commit message. ]

Signed-off-by: Marcos Del Sol Vives <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]

Author: socram8888

arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu

@@ -508,3 +508,16 @@ config CPU_SUP_ZHAOXIN
 	  CPU might render the kernel unbootable.
 
 	  If unsure, say N.
+
+config CPU_SUP_VORTEX_32
+	default y
+	bool "Support Vortex processors" if PROCESSOR_SELECT
+	depends on X86_32
+	help
+	  This enables detection, tunings and quirks for Vortex processors
+
+	  You need this enabled if you want your kernel to run on a
+	  Vortex CPU. Disabling this option on other types of CPUs
+	  makes the kernel a tiny bit smaller.
+
+	  If unsure, say N.

arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h

@@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ enum cpuid_regs_idx {
 #define X86_VENDOR_NSC		8
 #define X86_VENDOR_HYGON	9
 #define X86_VENDOR_ZHAOXIN	10
-#define X86_VENDOR_NUM		11
+#define X86_VENDOR_VORTEX	11
+#define X86_VENDOR_NUM		12
 
 #define X86_VENDOR_UNKNOWN	0xff
 

arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_SUP_CENTAUR)		+= centaur.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_SUP_TRANSMETA_32)	+= transmeta.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_SUP_UMC_32)		+= umc.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_SUP_ZHAOXIN)		+= zhaoxin.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_SUP_VORTEX_32)		+= vortex.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_X86_MCE)			+= mce/
 obj-$(CONFIG_MTRR)			+= mtrr/

arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c

@@ -1044,6 +1044,8 @@ static const __initconst struct x86_cpu_id cpu_vuln_whitelist[] = {
 	VULNWL(CENTAUR,	5, X86_MODEL_ANY,	NO_SPECULATION),
 	VULNWL(INTEL,	5, X86_MODEL_ANY,	NO_SPECULATION),
 	VULNWL(NSC,	5, X86_MODEL_ANY,	NO_SPECULATION),
+	VULNWL(VORTEX,	5, X86_MODEL_ANY,	NO_SPECULATION),
+	VULNWL(VORTEX,	6, X86_MODEL_ANY,	NO_SPECULATION),
 
 	/* Intel Family 6 */
 	VULNWL_INTEL(ATOM_SALTWELL,		NO_SPECULATION | NO_ITLB_MULTIHIT),

arch/x86/kernel/cpu/vortex.c

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <asm/processor.h>
+#include "cpu.h"
+
+/*
+ * No special init required for Vortex processors.
+ */
+
+static const struct cpu_dev vortex_cpu_dev = {
+	.c_vendor	= "Vortex",
+	.c_ident	= { "Vortex86 SoC" },
+	.legacy_models	= {
+		{
+			.family = 5,
+			.model_names = {
+				[2] = "Vortex86DX",
+				[8] = "Vortex86MX",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			.family = 6,
+			.model_names = {
+				/*
+				 * Both the Vortex86EX and the Vortex86EX2
+				 * have the same family and model id.
+				 *
+				 * However, the -EX2 supports the product name
+				 * CPUID call, so this name will only be used
+				 * for the -EX, which does not.
+				 */
+				[0] = "Vortex86EX",
+			},
+		},
+	},
+	.c_x86_vendor	= X86_VENDOR_VORTEX,
+};
+
+cpu_dev_register(vortex_cpu_dev);