The ESB-instruction is a nop on CPUs that don't implement the RAS extensions. This lets us use it in places like the vectors without having to use alternatives. If someone disables CONFIG_ARM64_RAS_EXTN, this instruction still has its RAS extensions behaviour, but we no longer read DISR_EL1 as this register does depend on alternatives. This could go wrong if we want to synchronize an SError from a KVM guest. On a CPU that has the RAS extensions, but the KConfig option was disabled, we consume the pending SError with no chance of ever reading it. Hide the ESB-instruction behind the CONFIG_ARM64_RAS_EXTN option, outputting a regular nop if the feature has been disabled. Reported-by: Julien Thierry <julien.thierry@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse@xxxxxxx> --- New for v2. The esb where this would be a problem is added later in this series, but there is no build-dependency. arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h index 92b6b7cf67dd..2d2114b39846 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h @@ -107,7 +107,11 @@ * RAS Error Synchronization barrier */ .macro esb +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_RAS_EXTN hint #16 +#else + nop +#endif .endm /* -- 2.20.1 _______________________________________________ kvmarm mailing list kvmarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/kvmarm
