[PATCH 2/9] arm64: Implement array_index_mask_nospec()

Will Deacon will.deacon at arm.com
Mon Feb 5 07:34:17 PST 2018


From: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy at arm.com>

Provide an optimised, assembly implementation of array_index_mask_nospec()
for arm64 so that the compiler is not in a position to transform the code
in ways which affect its ability to inhibit speculation (e.g. by introducing
conditional branches).

This is similar to the sequence used by x86, modulo architectural differences
in the carry/borrow flags.

Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy at arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>
---
 arch/arm64/include/asm/barrier.h | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/barrier.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/barrier.h
index c0a846d2c602..f11518af96a9 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/barrier.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/barrier.h
@@ -41,6 +41,27 @@
 #define dma_rmb()	dmb(oshld)
 #define dma_wmb()	dmb(oshst)
 
+/*
+ * Generate a mask for array_index__nospec() that is ~0UL when 0 <= idx < sz
+ * and 0 otherwise.
+ */
+#define array_index_mask_nospec array_index_mask_nospec
+static inline unsigned long array_index_mask_nospec(unsigned long idx,
+						    unsigned long sz)
+{
+	unsigned long mask;
+
+	asm volatile(
+	"	cmp	%1, %2\n"
+	"	sbc	%0, xzr, xzr\n"
+	: "=r" (mask)
+	: "r" (idx), "Ir" (sz)
+	: "cc");
+
+	csdb();
+	return mask;
+}
+
 #define __smp_mb()	dmb(ish)
 #define __smp_rmb()	dmb(ishld)
 #define __smp_wmb()	dmb(ishst)
-- 
2.1.4




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