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 <marcos@orca.pet>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211017094408.1512158-1-marcos@orca.pet

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu b/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
index 814fe0d349b0..eefc434351db 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
+++ b/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.