[PATCH v3 6/8] arm64: module-plts: Extend veneer to address 52-bit VAs

Ard Biesheuvel ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org
Thu May 10 15:01:05 PDT 2018


On 10 May 2018 at 18:23, Steve Capper <steve.capper at arm.com> wrote:
> From: Ard Bieusheuval <ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org>
>
> In preparation for 52-bit VA support in the Linux kernel, we extend the
> plts veneer to support 52-bit addresses via an extra movk instruction.
>
> [Steve: code from Ard off-list, changed the #ifdef logic to inequality]
> Signed-off-by: Steve Capper <steve.capper at arm.com>
>
> ---
>
> New in V3 of the series.
>
> I'm not sure if this is strictly necessary as the VAs of the module
> space will fit within 48-bits of addressing even when a 52-bit VA space
> is enabled.

What about the kernel text itself? Is that also guaranteed to have
bits [51:48] of its VAs equal 0xf, even under randomization?

If so, I agree we don't need the patch.

> However, this may act to future-proof the 52-bit VA support
> should any future adjustments be made to the VA space.
> ---
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/module.h | 13 ++++++++++++-
>  arch/arm64/kernel/module-plts.c | 12 ++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/module.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/module.h
> index 97d0ef12e2ff..30b8ca95d19a 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/module.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/module.h
> @@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ struct plt_entry {
>         __le32  mov0;   /* movn x16, #0x....                    */
>         __le32  mov1;   /* movk x16, #0x...., lsl #16           */
>         __le32  mov2;   /* movk x16, #0x...., lsl #32           */
> +#if CONFIG_ARM64_VA_BITS > 48
> +       __le32  mov3;   /* movk x16, #0x...., lsl #48           */
> +#endif
>         __le32  br;     /* br   x16                             */
>  };
>
> @@ -71,7 +74,8 @@ static inline struct plt_entry get_plt_entry(u64 val)
>          * +--------+------------+--------+-----------+-------------+---------+
>          *
>          * Rd     := 0x10 (x16)
> -        * hw     := 0b00 (no shift), 0b01 (lsl #16), 0b10 (lsl #32)
> +        * hw     := 0b00 (no shift), 0b01 (lsl #16), 0b10 (lsl #32),
> +        *           0b11 (lsl #48)
>          * opc    := 0b11 (MOVK), 0b00 (MOVN), 0b10 (MOVZ)
>          * sf     := 1 (64-bit variant)
>          */
> @@ -79,6 +83,9 @@ static inline struct plt_entry get_plt_entry(u64 val)
>                 cpu_to_le32(0x92800010 | (((~val      ) & 0xffff)) << 5),
>                 cpu_to_le32(0xf2a00010 | ((( val >> 16) & 0xffff)) << 5),
>                 cpu_to_le32(0xf2c00010 | ((( val >> 32) & 0xffff)) << 5),
> +#if CONFIG_ARM64_VA_BITS > 48
> +               cpu_to_le32(0xf2e00010 | ((( val >> 48) & 0xffff)) << 5),
> +#endif
>                 cpu_to_le32(0xd61f0200)
>         };
>  }
> @@ -86,6 +93,10 @@ static inline struct plt_entry get_plt_entry(u64 val)
>  static inline bool plt_entries_equal(const struct plt_entry *a,
>                                      const struct plt_entry *b)
>  {
> +#if CONFIG_ARM64_VA_BITS > 48
> +       if (a->mov3 != b->mov3)
> +               return false;
> +#endif
>         return a->mov0 == b->mov0 &&
>                a->mov1 == b->mov1 &&
>                a->mov2 == b->mov2;
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/module-plts.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/module-plts.c
> index f0690c2ca3e0..4d5617e09943 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/module-plts.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/module-plts.c
> @@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ u64 module_emit_veneer_for_adrp(struct module *mod, void *loc, u64 val)
>         struct plt_entry *plt = (struct plt_entry *)pltsec->plt->sh_addr;
>         int i = pltsec->plt_num_entries++;
>         u32 mov0, mov1, mov2, br;
> +#if CONFIG_ARM64_VA_BITS > 48
> +       u32 mov3;
> +#endif
>         int rd;
>
>         if (WARN_ON(pltsec->plt_num_entries > pltsec->plt_max_entries))
> @@ -69,6 +72,12 @@ u64 module_emit_veneer_for_adrp(struct module *mod, void *loc, u64 val)
>         mov2 = aarch64_insn_gen_movewide(rd, (u16)(val >> 32), 32,
>                                          AARCH64_INSN_VARIANT_64BIT,
>                                          AARCH64_INSN_MOVEWIDE_KEEP);
> +#if CONFIG_ARM64_VA_BITS > 48
> +       mov3 = aarch64_insn_gen_movewide(rd, (u16)(val >> 48), 48,
> +                                        AARCH64_INSN_VARIANT_64BIT,
> +                                        AARCH64_INSN_MOVEWIDE_KEEP);
> +#endif
> +
>         br = aarch64_insn_gen_branch_imm((u64)&plt[i].br, (u64)loc + 4,
>                                          AARCH64_INSN_BRANCH_NOLINK);
>
> @@ -76,6 +85,9 @@ u64 module_emit_veneer_for_adrp(struct module *mod, void *loc, u64 val)
>                         cpu_to_le32(mov0),
>                         cpu_to_le32(mov1),
>                         cpu_to_le32(mov2),
> +#if CONFIG_ARM64_VA_BITS > 48
> +                       cpu_to_le32(mov3),
> +#endif
>                         cpu_to_le32(br)
>                 };
>
> --
> 2.11.0
>



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