[PATCH v2 3/4] arm64: arch_timer: Disable the compat vdso for cores affected by ARM64_WORKAROUND_1418040

Marc Zyngier maz at kernel.org
Mon Jul 6 12:38:01 EDT 2020


ARM64_WORKAROUND_1418040 requires that AArch32 EL0 accesses to
the virtual counter register are trapped and emulated by the kernel.
This makes the vdso pretty pointless, and in some cases livelock
prone.

Provide a workaround entry that limits the vdso to 64bit tasks.

Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org>
---
 drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
index a8e4fb429f52..6c3e84180146 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c
@@ -480,6 +480,14 @@ static const struct arch_timer_erratum_workaround ool_workarounds[] = {
 		.set_next_event_virt = erratum_set_next_event_tval_virt,
 	},
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_1418040
+	{
+		.match_type = ate_match_local_cap_id,
+		.id = (void *)ARM64_WORKAROUND_1418040,
+		.desc = "ARM erratum 1418040",
+		.disable_compat_vdso = true,
+	},
+#endif
 };
 
 typedef bool (*ate_match_fn_t)(const struct arch_timer_erratum_workaround *,
-- 
2.27.0




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