[PATCH] KVM: arm64: Add missing BTI instruction in kvm_host_psci_cpu_entry
Mostafa Saleh
smostafa at google.com
Wed Jul 5 10:16:32 PDT 2023
kvm_host_psci_cpu_entry is called from __kvm_hyp_init_cpu through "br"
instruction as __kvm_hyp_init_cpu resides in idmap section while
kvm_host_psci_cpu_entry is in hyp .text so the offset is larger than
26 bits covered by "b".
Which means that this function should start with "bti j" instruction.
LLVM which is the only compiler supporting BTI for Linux, adds "bti j"
for jump tables or by when taking the address of the block [1].
And same behaviour is observed with GCC.
As kvm_host_psci_cpu_entry is a C function, this must be done in
assembly.
Another solution is to use X16/X17 with "br", as according to ARM
ARM DDI0487I.a RLJHCL/IGMGRS, PACIASP has an implicit branch
target identification instruction that is compatible with
PSTATE.BTYPE 0b01 which includes "br X16/X17"
And the kvm_host_psci_cpu_entry has PACIASP as it is an external
function.
Although I see that using explicit "bti" makes more clear than relying
on which register is used.
A third solution is to clear SCTLR_EL2.BT, which would make PACIASP
compatible PSTATE.BTYPE 0b11 ( "br" to other registers).
However this deviates from the kernel behaviour (in bti_enable()).
[1] https://reviews.llvm.org/D52867
Fixes: b53d4a272349 ("KVM: arm64: Use BTI for nvhe")
Signed-off-by: Mostafa Saleh <smostafa at google.com>
Reported-and-tested-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla at arm.com>
---
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/host.S | 10 ++++++++++
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/psci-relay.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/host.S b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/host.S
index c87c63133e10..9d6e95b32097 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/host.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/host.S
@@ -297,3 +297,13 @@ SYM_CODE_START(__kvm_hyp_host_forward_smc)
ret
SYM_CODE_END(__kvm_hyp_host_forward_smc)
+
+/*
+ * kvm_host_psci_cpu_entry is called through br instruction, which requires
+ * BTI J instruction, compilers (gcc and llvm) doesn't insert BTI J for external
+ * functions, but BTI C instead.
+ */
+SYM_CODE_START(kvm_host_psci_cpu_entry)
+ bti j
+ b __kvm_host_psci_cpu_entry
+SYM_CODE_END(kvm_host_psci_cpu_entry)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/psci-relay.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/psci-relay.c
index 08508783ec3d..24543d2a3490 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/psci-relay.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/psci-relay.c
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ static int psci_system_suspend(u64 func_id, struct kvm_cpu_context *host_ctxt)
__hyp_pa(init_params), 0);
}
-asmlinkage void __noreturn kvm_host_psci_cpu_entry(bool is_cpu_on)
+asmlinkage void __noreturn __kvm_host_psci_cpu_entry(bool is_cpu_on)
{
struct psci_boot_args *boot_args;
struct kvm_cpu_context *host_ctxt;
--
2.41.0.255.g8b1d071c50-goog
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