[PATCH v4 06/29] arm64: context switch POR_EL0 register

Joey Gouly joey.gouly at arm.com
Fri May 3 06:01:24 PDT 2024


POR_EL0 is a register that can be modified by userspace directly,
so it must be context switched.

Signed-off-by: Joey Gouly <joey.gouly at arm.com>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will at kernel.org>
---
 arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h |  6 ++++++
 arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h  |  1 +
 arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h     |  3 +++
 arch/arm64/kernel/process.c         | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 38 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
index 8b904a757bd3..d46aab23e06e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -832,6 +832,12 @@ static inline bool system_supports_lpa2(void)
 	return cpus_have_final_cap(ARM64_HAS_LPA2);
 }
 
+static inline bool system_supports_poe(void)
+{
+	return IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64_POE) &&
+		alternative_has_cap_unlikely(ARM64_HAS_S1POE);
+}
+
 int do_emulate_mrs(struct pt_regs *regs, u32 sys_reg, u32 rt);
 bool try_emulate_mrs(struct pt_regs *regs, u32 isn);
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h
index f77371232d8c..e6376f979273 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ struct thread_struct {
 	u64			sctlr_user;
 	u64			svcr;
 	u64			tpidr2_el0;
+	u64			por_el0;
 };
 
 static inline unsigned int thread_get_vl(struct thread_struct *thread,
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h
index 9e8999592f3a..62c399811dbf 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h
@@ -1064,6 +1064,9 @@
 #define POE_RXW		UL(0x7)
 #define POE_MASK	UL(0xf)
 
+/* Initial value for Permission Overlay Extension for EL0 */
+#define POR_EL0_INIT	POE_RXW
+
 #define ARM64_FEATURE_FIELD_BITS	4
 
 /* Defined for compatibility only, do not add new users. */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
index 4ae31b7af6c3..0ffaca98bed6 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
@@ -271,12 +271,23 @@ static void flush_tagged_addr_state(void)
 		clear_thread_flag(TIF_TAGGED_ADDR);
 }
 
+static void flush_poe(void)
+{
+	if (!system_supports_poe())
+		return;
+
+	write_sysreg_s(POR_EL0_INIT, SYS_POR_EL0);
+	/* ISB required for kernel uaccess routines when chaning POR_EL0 */
+	isb();
+}
+
 void flush_thread(void)
 {
 	fpsimd_flush_thread();
 	tls_thread_flush();
 	flush_ptrace_hw_breakpoint(current);
 	flush_tagged_addr_state();
+	flush_poe();
 }
 
 void arch_release_task_struct(struct task_struct *tsk)
@@ -371,6 +382,9 @@ int copy_thread(struct task_struct *p, const struct kernel_clone_args *args)
 		if (system_supports_tpidr2())
 			p->thread.tpidr2_el0 = read_sysreg_s(SYS_TPIDR2_EL0);
 
+		if (system_supports_poe())
+			p->thread.por_el0 = read_sysreg_s(SYS_POR_EL0);
+
 		if (stack_start) {
 			if (is_compat_thread(task_thread_info(p)))
 				childregs->compat_sp = stack_start;
@@ -495,6 +509,19 @@ static void erratum_1418040_new_exec(void)
 	preempt_enable();
 }
 
+static void permission_overlay_switch(struct task_struct *next)
+{
+	if (!system_supports_poe())
+		return;
+
+	current->thread.por_el0 = read_sysreg_s(SYS_POR_EL0);
+	if (current->thread.por_el0 != next->thread.por_el0) {
+		write_sysreg_s(next->thread.por_el0, SYS_POR_EL0);
+		/* ISB required for kernel uaccess routines when chaning POR_EL0 */
+		isb();
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * __switch_to() checks current->thread.sctlr_user as an optimisation. Therefore
  * this function must be called with preemption disabled and the update to
@@ -530,6 +557,7 @@ struct task_struct *__switch_to(struct task_struct *prev,
 	ssbs_thread_switch(next);
 	erratum_1418040_thread_switch(next);
 	ptrauth_thread_switch_user(next);
+	permission_overlay_switch(next);
 
 	/*
 	 * Complete any pending TLB or cache maintenance on this CPU in case
-- 
2.25.1




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