[PATCH v3 1/2] arm64: Handle kernel BTI exceptions
D Scott Phillips
scott at os.amperecomputing.com
Thu Sep 1 17:15:50 PDT 2022
Send BTI exceptions to the do_bti handler, killing the current task with
SIGSEGV instead of panicking. This is to allow a later patch to apply a
compiler bug workaround.
Signed-off-by: D Scott Phillips <scott at os.amperecomputing.com>
---
arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c | 12 ++++++++++++
arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c | 8 ++++++--
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c
index c75ca36b4a49..dad27e854d8c 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c
@@ -388,6 +388,15 @@ static void noinstr el1_undef(struct pt_regs *regs)
exit_to_kernel_mode(regs);
}
+static void noinstr el1_bti(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+ enter_from_kernel_mode(regs);
+ local_daif_inherit(regs);
+ do_bti(regs);
+ local_daif_mask();
+ exit_to_kernel_mode(regs);
+}
+
static void noinstr el1_dbg(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long esr)
{
unsigned long far = read_sysreg(far_el1);
@@ -427,6 +436,9 @@ asmlinkage void noinstr el1h_64_sync_handler(struct pt_regs *regs)
case ESR_ELx_EC_UNKNOWN:
el1_undef(regs);
break;
+ case ESR_ELx_EC_BTI:
+ el1_bti(regs);
+ break;
case ESR_ELx_EC_BREAKPT_CUR:
case ESR_ELx_EC_SOFTSTP_CUR:
case ESR_ELx_EC_WATCHPT_CUR:
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
index b7fed33981f7..56e1782fcf54 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/traps.c
@@ -501,8 +501,12 @@ NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(do_undefinstr);
void do_bti(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
- BUG_ON(!user_mode(regs));
- force_signal_inject(SIGILL, ILL_ILLOPC, regs->pc, 0);
+ if (user_mode(regs)) {
+ force_signal_inject(SIGILL, ILL_ILLOPC, regs->pc, 0);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ die("Oops - BTI", regs, 0);
}
NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(do_bti);
--
2.37.2
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