[stable:PATCH v5.4.184 07/22] arm64: entry: Free up another register on kpti's tramp_exit path

James Morse james.morse at arm.com
Tue Mar 15 11:24:00 PDT 2022


commit 03aff3a77a58b5b52a77e00537a42090ad57b80b upstream.

Kpti stashes x30 in far_el1 while it uses x30 for all its work.

Making the vectors a per-cpu data structure will require a second
register.

Allow tramp_exit two registers before it unmaps the kernel, by
leaving x30 on the stack, and stashing x29 in far_el1.

Reviewed-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel at armlinux.org.uk>
Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse at arm.com>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S | 18 ++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
index a6dcd68ce7de..7e52b6991bf1 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
@@ -367,14 +367,16 @@ alternative_else_nop_endif
 	ldp	x24, x25, [sp, #16 * 12]
 	ldp	x26, x27, [sp, #16 * 13]
 	ldp	x28, x29, [sp, #16 * 14]
-	ldr	lr, [sp, #S_LR]
-	add	sp, sp, #S_FRAME_SIZE		// restore sp
 
 	.if	\el == 0
-alternative_insn eret, nop, ARM64_UNMAP_KERNEL_AT_EL0
+alternative_if_not ARM64_UNMAP_KERNEL_AT_EL0
+	ldr	lr, [sp, #S_LR]
+	add	sp, sp, #S_FRAME_SIZE		// restore sp
+	eret
+alternative_else_nop_endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_UNMAP_KERNEL_AT_EL0
 	bne	5f
-	msr	far_el1, x30
+	msr	far_el1, x29
 	tramp_alias	x30, tramp_exit_native
 	br	x30
 5:
@@ -382,6 +384,8 @@ alternative_insn eret, nop, ARM64_UNMAP_KERNEL_AT_EL0
 	br	x30
 #endif
 	.else
+	ldr	lr, [sp, #S_LR]
+	add	sp, sp, #S_FRAME_SIZE		// restore sp
 	eret
 	.endif
 	sb
@@ -1092,10 +1096,12 @@ alternative_else_nop_endif
 	.macro tramp_exit, regsize = 64
 	adr	x30, tramp_vectors
 	msr	vbar_el1, x30
-	tramp_unmap_kernel	x30
+	ldr	lr, [sp, #S_LR]
+	tramp_unmap_kernel	x29
 	.if	\regsize == 64
-	mrs	x30, far_el1
+	mrs	x29, far_el1
 	.endif
+	add	sp, sp, #S_FRAME_SIZE		// restore sp
 	eret
 	sb
 	.endm
-- 
2.30.2




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