[PATCH v2] kvm: arm: Enforce some NS-SVC initialisation
Christoffer Dall
christoffer.dall at linaro.org
Wed Aug 17 04:16:36 PDT 2016
On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 06:49:18PM +0100, Robin Murphy wrote:
> Since the non-secure copies of banked registers lack architecturally
> defined reset values, there is no actual guarantee when entering in Hyp
> from secure-only firmware that the Non-Secure PL1 state will look the
> way that kernel entry (in particular the decompressor stub) expects.
> So far, we've been getting away with it thanks to implementation details
> of ARMv7 cores and/or bootloader behaviour, but for the sake of forwards
> compatibility let's try to ensure that we have a minimally sane state
> before dropping down into it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy at arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall at linaro.org>
> ---
>
> v2: Initialise SED/ITD to safe values as well.
>
> arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S | 13 +++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S b/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
> index 0b1e4a93d67e..15d073ae5da2 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/hyp-stub.S
> @@ -142,6 +142,19 @@ ARM_BE8(orr r7, r7, #(1 << 25)) @ HSCTLR.EE
> and r7, #0x1f @ Preserve HPMN
> mcr p15, 4, r7, c1, c1, 1 @ HDCR
>
> + @ Make sure NS-SVC is initialised appropriately
> + mrc p15, 0, r7, c1, c0, 0 @ SCTLR
> + orr r7, #(1 << 5) @ CP15 barriers enabled
> + bic r7, #(3 << 7) @ Clear SED/ITD for v8 (RES0 for v7)
> + bic r7, #(3 << 19) @ WXN and UWXN disabled
> + mcr p15, 0, r7, c1, c0, 0 @ SCTLR
> +
> + mrc p15, 0, r7, c0, c0, 0 @ MIDR
> + mcr p15, 4, r7, c0, c0, 0 @ VPIDR
> +
> + mrc p15, 0, r7, c0, c0, 5 @ MPIDR
> + mcr p15, 4, r7, c0, c0, 5 @ VMPIDR
> +
> #if !defined(ZIMAGE) && defined(CONFIG_ARM_ARCH_TIMER)
> @ make CNTP_* and CNTPCT accessible from PL1
> mrc p15, 0, r7, c0, c1, 1 @ ID_PFR1
> --
> 2.8.1.dirty
>
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