[PATCH 01/21] arm64: entry: Defer setting of TPIDRRO_EL0 until exit to userspace
Will Deacon
will at kernel.org
Mon Sep 7 09:42:26 PDT 2026
In preparation for using TPIDRRO_EL0 to point at 'current' while running
inside the kernel, defer its userspace initialisation from the
context-switch patch to exception return. This has the added benefit of
not having to worry about keeping the in-memory value and the register
value in-sync during preemptible sections.
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will at kernel.org>
---
arch/arm64/kernel/asm-offsets.c | 1 +
arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S | 4 +++-
arch/arm64/kernel/process.c | 16 +---------------
arch/arm64/kernel/sys_compat.c | 7 -------
4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/asm-offsets.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/asm-offsets.c
index 9c853ed3ceab..6038ab3beb25 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/asm-offsets.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/asm-offsets.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ int main(void)
#endif
BLANK();
DEFINE(THREAD_CPU_CONTEXT, offsetof(struct task_struct, thread.cpu_context));
+ DEFINE(THREAD_TP_VALUE, offsetof(struct task_struct, thread.uw.tp_value));
DEFINE(THREAD_SCTLR_USER, offsetof(struct task_struct, thread.sctlr_user));
#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_PTR_AUTH
DEFINE(THREAD_KEYS_USER, offsetof(struct task_struct, thread.keys_user));
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
index f63049ac32dc..59f045e496ec 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
b .Lskip_tramp_vectors_cleanup\@
.if \regsize == 64
mrs x30, tpidrro_el0
- msr tpidrro_el0, xzr
.else
mov x30, xzr
.endif
@@ -360,9 +359,12 @@ alternative_else_nop_endif
.if \el == 0
ldr x23, [sp, #S_SP] // load return stack pointer
msr sp_el0, x23
+ msr tpidrro_el0, xzr
tst x22, #PSR_MODE32_BIT // native task?
b.eq 3f
+ ldr x0, [tsk, #THREAD_TP_VALUE]
+ msr tpidrro_el0, x0
#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_845719
alternative_if ARM64_WORKAROUND_845719
#ifdef CONFIG_PID_IN_CONTEXTIDR
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
index 581f80e9b9b7..bfdc12166895 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
@@ -256,17 +256,8 @@ static void tls_thread_flush(void)
if (system_supports_tpidr2())
write_sysreg_s(0, SYS_TPIDR2_EL0);
- if (is_compat_task()) {
+ if (is_compat_task())
current->thread.uw.tp_value = 0;
-
- /*
- * We need to ensure ordering between the shadow state and the
- * hardware state, so that we don't corrupt the hardware state
- * with a stale shadow state during context switch.
- */
- barrier();
- write_sysreg(0, tpidrro_el0);
- }
}
static void flush_tagged_addr_state(void)
@@ -531,11 +522,6 @@ static void tls_thread_switch(struct task_struct *next)
{
tls_preserve_current_state();
- if (is_compat_thread(task_thread_info(next)))
- write_sysreg(next->thread.uw.tp_value, tpidrro_el0);
- else
- write_sysreg(0, tpidrro_el0);
-
write_sysreg(*task_user_tls(next), tpidr_el0);
if (system_supports_tpidr2())
write_sysreg_s(next->thread.tpidr2_el0, SYS_TPIDR2_EL0);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/sys_compat.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/sys_compat.c
index 0451f96c2c3f..59eee301c6f4 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/sys_compat.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/sys_compat.c
@@ -89,13 +89,6 @@ long compat_arm_syscall(struct pt_regs *regs, int scno)
case __ARM_NR_compat_set_tls:
current->thread.uw.tp_value = regs->regs[0];
-
- /*
- * Protect against register corruption from context switch.
- * See comment in tls_thread_flush.
- */
- barrier();
- write_sysreg(regs->regs[0], tpidrro_el0);
return 0;
default:
--
2.55.0.979.g7e5102b832-goog
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