[PATCH v8 29/43] arm64: mte: Add in-kernel tag fault handler

Catalin Marinas catalin.marinas at arm.com
Thu Nov 5 11:57:25 EST 2020


On Thu, Nov 05, 2020 at 12:18:44AM +0100, Andrey Konovalov wrote:
> From: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino at arm.com>
> 
> Add the implementation of the in-kernel fault handler.
> 
> When a tag fault happens on a kernel address:
> * MTE is disabled on the current CPU,
> * the execution continues.
> 
> When a tag fault happens on a user address:
> * the kernel executes do_bad_area() and panics.
> 
> The tag fault handler for kernel addresses is currently empty and will be
> filled in by a future commit.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino at arm.com>
> Co-developed-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl at google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl at google.com>

Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>



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